HD Patients With Tetrabenazine Use (n=151) Δ Pre–Post
6-Month Pre-diagnosis 6-Month Post-diagnosis
N/Mean %/SD N/Mean %/SD
All-cause Utilization and Expenditures
Number of Patients with (n, %)
Inpatient admission 7 4.6 19 12.6 7.9*
Emergency room visit 25 16.6 32 21.2 4.6
Outpatient visit 123 81.5 151 100.0 18.5**
Office visit 117 77.5 148 98.0 20.5**
Utilization (Mean, SD)
Inpatient admissions 0.07 0.45 0.20 0.63 0.13*
Inpatient days 0.48 4.51 2.65 16.81 2.17
Average length of stay 0.19 1.08 1.09 5.21 0.91*
Emergency room visits 0.27 0.77 0.41 1.13 0.14
Outpatient visit 18.19 24.16 26.71 29.75 8.52**
Office visit 3.34 3.71 5.02 3.27 1.68**
Expenditures (Mean, SD), $
Inpatient admissions 2961 31 637 6579 33 930 3619
Emergency room 191 764 322 1189 132
Outpatient visit 2180 4010 4362 6828 2180**
Office visit 404 433 642 405 238**
Outpatient pharmacy 916 1303 9263 12 804 8333**
Total All-Cause Healthcare Costs 6057 32 774 20 204 41 264 14 132**