Table 2 Mean cost per patient in the various study groups, and unadjusted mean cost differences between groups
Cost category | Intervention group 1 – Usual care + TESI Mean (SEM) | Intervention group 2 – Usual care + TEI Mean (SEM) | Control group – Usual care Mean (SEM) | Comparison 1 (Int. group 1 vs. Control) | Comparison 2 (Int. group 1 vs. Int. group 2) | Comparison 3 (Int. group 2 vs. Control) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||
Intervention costs | 486 (1) | 486 (1) | 0 (0) | 486 (485 to 487) | 486 (485 to 487) | 0 (−2 to 1) | 0 (−1 to 2) | 486 (485 to 487) | 486 (485 to 487) |
Other healthcare costs | 2081 (269) | 2394 (722) | 2448 (354) | −367 (− 1301 to 401) | − 690 (− 1816 to 165) | − 313 (− 2719 to 686) | − 233 (− 2442 to 751) | −54 (− 1126 to 2271) | −72 (− 1257 to 2636) |
Prim. healthcare costs | 1179 (238) | 1018 (233) | 1588 (299) | − 409 (− 1162 to 164) | −650 (− 1622 to 5) | 161 (− 356 to 707) | 218 (−264 to 745) | −570 (− 1292 to 9) | − 635 (− 1396 to − 3) |
Sec. healthcare costs | 817 (170) | 1281 (640) | 761 (170) | 57 (− 373 to 479) | −22 (− 502 to 423) | − 463 (− 2992 to 312) | −440 (− 2781 to 317) | 520 (− 258 to 2978) | 566 (− 303 to 3328) |
Medication costs | 86 (15) | 95 (22) | 99 (12) | −14 (− 43 to 27) | − 19 (− 50 to 25) | − 10 (− 69 to 34) | −10 (− 68 to 30) | −4 (− 40 to 60) | −3 (− 41 to 65) |
Informal care costs | 1669 (608) | 1563 (588) | 2031 (610) | − 362 (− 1785 to 959) | − 569 (− 1992 to 931) | 105 (− 1594 to 1302) | 61 (− 1879 to 1226) | − 468 (− 1885 to 1229) | −322 (− 1635 to 1333) |
Absenteeism costs | 12,959 (2144) | 13,153 (1646) | 12,090 (1972) | 869 (− 3715 to 5099) | 2410 (− 2116 to 6350) | − 194 (− 4636 to 4126) | 684 (− 3176 to 4368) | 1063 (− 3415 to 5432) | 1833 (− 2151 to 5498) |
Presenteeism costs | 3288 (759) | 2788 (544) | 3374 (613) | −86 (− 1649 to 1428) | 333 (− 1131 to 1806) | 499 (− 941 to 1866) | 858 (− 455 to 2053) | −585 (− 2080 to 900) | − 631 (− 2065 to 818) |
Unpaid productivity costs | 1242 (391) | 952 (284) | 1458 (289) | −216 (− 956 to 574) | − 251 (− 1058 to 734) | 289 (− 422 to 1019) | 269 (− 484 to 1148) | − 505 (− 1206 to 213) | −524 (− 1271 to 184) |
Total societal costs | 21,724 (2461) | 21,337 (2087) | 21,400 (2165) | 323 (− 4806 to 5117) | 1718 (− 3020 to 6052) | 387 (− 5045 to 5631) | 1640 (− 3354 to 6106) | −64 (− 5325 to 5441) | 770 (− 3758 to 5702) |