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Table 3 Effect of AT services on payments and visits by payers types

From: The impact of high school athletic trainer services on medical payments and utilizations: a microsimulation analysis on medical claims

 

Patients with Medicaid

Patients with Commercial Insurance

All patients

Payer payment per patient

 Non-AT group

$514 ($513, $516)

$842 ($839, $846)

$700 ($699, $702)

 AT group

$450 ($449, $451)

$845 ($843, $847)

$699 ($698, $700)

 Non-AT group vs. AT group

$64 ($62, $67)

-$3 (−$6.83, $0.68)

1.47 (−$0.24, $3.17)

p value

<.001

0.109

0.09

Emergency visits per patient

 Non-AT group

0.71 (0.70, 0.71)

0.32 (0.32, 0.32)

0.52 (0.52, 0.52)

 AT group

0.65 (0.64, 0.65)

0.25 (0.24, 0.25)

0.41 (0.41, 0.41)

 Non-AT group vs. AT group

0.06 (0.06, 0.06)

0.08 (0.07, 0.08)

0.11 (0.10, 0.11)

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

Total visits per patient

 Non-AT group

4.93 (4.92, 4.94)

5.80 (5.79, 5.82)

5.50 (5.49, 5.50)

 AT group

4.56 (4.55, 4.56)

6.07 (6.06, 6.08)

5.55 (5.55, 5.56)

 Non-AT group vs. AT group

0.37 (0.36, 0.39)

−0.27 (−0.29, −0.25)

−0.06 (− 0.07, − 0.05)

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

  1. Note: Bootstrap 95% confidence intervals based on 50 replications clustered by sample are reported in parenthesis. Monetary values were adjusted to 2014 dollars using Consumer Price Index of all items
  2. Abbreviation: AT Athletic trainer