Health care service | Food security status; adjusted cost,* $, mean ± SD | p value† | ||||
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Total n = 59 869 | Food secure n = 52 440 | Food insecure | ||||
Marginal n = 2321 | Moderate n = 3172 | Severe n = 1936 | ||||
Inpatient care | 500 ± 3927 | 461 ± 3897 | 604 ± 3366 | 730 ± 4251 | 1063 ± 4673 | < 0.001 |
Emergency department visits | 116 ± 355 | 105 ± 321 | 153 ± 381 | 181 ± 436 | 282 ± 761 | < 0.001 |
Physician services | 718 ± 1406 | 688 ± 1365 | 765 ± 1296 | 905 ± 1530 | 1165 ± 2144 | < 0.001 |
Same-day surgery | 105 ± 499 | 102 ± 489 | 118 ± 537 | 118 ± 570 | 139 ± 606 | 0.003 |
Home care | 75 ± 1066 | 65 ± 1061 | 147 ± 1287 | 131 ± 939 | 175 ± 1101 | < 0.001 |
Ontario Drug Benefit claims | 160 ± 1296 | 99 ± 1129 | 305 ± 1393 | 587 ± 2411 | 943 ± 2120 | < 0.001 |
Other‡ | 93 ± 2312 | 88 ± 2290 | 70 ± 1483 | 155 ± 2642 | 164 ± 3014 | 0.09 |
Total | 1768 ± 6589 | 1608 ± 6414 | 2161 ± 6235 | 2806 ± 7923 | 3930 ± 8455 | < 0.001 |