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Table 3 Healthcare resource utilization by AMD patients treated at the Brazilian public health system since 2014

From: Age-related macular degeneration and resource utilization in the Brazilian public healthcare system: a real-world retrospective study

 

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Outpatient (N = 23,031)

 Number of procedures per patient/year

13.52 (32.69)

4.33 (1.83-9.31)

 Number of OCT per patient/year

1.36 (0.55)

1.25 (0.93-1.64)

 Number of antiangiogenic therapies per patient/year

2.50 (1.36)

2.37 (1.35-3.43)

Inpatient (N = 62)

 Number of hospitalizations per patient - total

1.42 (0.66)

1.00 (1.00-2.00)

 Number of hospitalizations per patient/year

0.87 (0.88)

0.56 (0.29 – 0.94)

 Length of stay per hospitalization, in days

1.11 (0.32)

1.00 (1-1)