Health-Related Effects of the Elderly Care Program

Table 4

Difference in medical expense changes and utilization of medical care changes according to participation in the elderly care by the elderly program.

Classification		SE	95% confidence limits		value
			Lower	Upper
Difference in medical expense changes (unit: 1 US )
Total medical expenses		95.86			<.0001
Copayment		12.95			<.0001
Insurance payment		65.46			<.0001
Outpatient costs		16.71			0.0823
Hospitalization costs		69.73			<.0001
Medication costs	0.25	8.24		16.39	0.9760
Difference in utilization of medical care changes (unit: days)
Medical care days		3.25		0.17	0.0566
Hospitalization days		0.37			<.0001
Outpatient days		0.54		0.49	0.2934
Medication prescription days		2.93		2.51	0.2701

, age, family composition, medical insurance type, level of education, subjective health condition, subjective financial status, residence type, implementing agency, number of chronic diseases, and number of surgeries adjusted for. US dollar = 1,095.04 Korean won (mean exchange rate of 2013).