Year of life† | MBS cost ($) per child for year by sleep problem | PBS cost ($) per child for year by sleep problem | |||||||||
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Mean (SE) | Mean difference (95% CI) | P Value* | Mean (SE) | Mean difference (95% CI) | p Value† | ||||||
N | Yes | No | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Yes | No | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||
B cohort | |||||||||||
0 | 3855 | 647 (23) | 562 (11) | 84 (33 to 136) | 36 (−12 to 85) | 0.1 | 48 (12) | 25 (4) | 22 (−3 to 47) | 14 (−12 to 40) | 0.3 |
1 | 915 | 470 (38) | 375 (14) | 94 (13 to 174) | 60 (−17 to 138) | 0.1 | 54 (31) | 26 (6) | 28 (−35 to 91) | 23 (−41 to 87) | 0.5 |
2 | 2886 | 360 (24) | 271 (7) | 88 (42 to 135) | 43 (4 to 82) | 0.03 | 26 (6) | 16 (2) | 10 (−2 to 22) | 4 (−7 to 16) | 0.4 |
3 | 1437 | 327 (32) | 253 (10) | 74 (9 to 140) | 43 (−11 to 97) | 0.1 | 23 (7) | 18 (4) | 6 (−9 to 20) | −4 (−23 to 14) | 0.5 |
K cohort | |||||||||||
4 | 3561 | 302 (17) | 225 (6) | 73 (47 to 109) | 48 (20 to 73) | <0.001 | 23 (3) | 17 (1) | 7 (0 to 14) | 0.0 (−7 to 7) | 0.98 |
5 | 1000 | 331 (35) | 209 (8) | 122 (52 to 190) | 94 (28 to 160) | 0.005 | 36 (11) | 17 (7) | 19 (−4 to 43) | 4 (−18 to 25) | 0.7 |
6 | 2707 | 301 (31) | 197 (7) | 103 (42 to 167) | 53 (−1 to 106) | 0.01 | 53 (16) | 20 (2) | 33 (3 to 64) | 10 (−17 to 38) | 0.2 |
7 | 1413 | 221 (30) | 192 (8) | 29 (−33 to 91) | 12 (−42 to 67) | 0.6 | 29 (7) | 15 (2) | 15 (0 to 30) | 5 (−8 to 19) | 0.2 |
*Adjusted for family socioeconomic position, child gender, global health and special healthcare needs.
†B cohort was of children with years of life 0–3, and K cohort was of children with years of life 4–7.
All figures are in Australian dollars ($A1=£0.65, November 2012).
MBS, Medicare Benefit Schedule; PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefit Schedule.