Characteristics of Nonelderly Adult Health Care Persistent Super Utilizers in Utah
- 1 August 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Population Health Management
- Vol. 25 (4), 472-479
- https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2021.0275
Abstract
In the United States, the top 1% and top 5% of health care spenders account for 23% and 50% of total health care spending, respectively. These high spenders have been coined the term super utilizers (SU). The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics associated with these patients to aid in developing public health interventions aimed at transitioning patients out of the SU category and thus ultimately helping to control health care costs. The authors utilized the Utah All-Payer Claims Database and Utah Population Database from 2013 to 2015 to identify demographics, comorbid conditions, health care utilization, and cost characteristics of persistent super utilizers (PSU) (≥3 hospitalizations per year for 3 years) of health care compared with persistent nonsuper utilizers (PNSU) (P < 0.001), alcohol abuse (OR 5.90, 95% CI 4.49–7.69; P < 0.001), and heart diseases (OR 4.41, 95% CI 3.74–5.18; P < 0.001). The annual health care cost of a PSU is about 11.5 times greater than a PNSU ($54,776 vs. $4801; P < 0.001).Keywords
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