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Table 3 Cost components and applied diagnostics for 3 common diagnoses.

From: The provision of out-of-hours care and associated costs in an urban area of Switzerland: a cost description study

 

Upper respiratory tract infection

Neck/back syndrome

Gastrointestinal infection

 

ICPC codes: R74; R75; R76; R77; R78; R80

ICPC codes:L83; L84; L86

ICPC codes: D70; D73

 

N = 66

N = 38

N = 33

Costs

   

Total costs, CHF,

Mean (95%-CI); % of total costs

154 (138-169); 100

227 (197-257)*; 100

256 (218-295)#; 100

Basic costs, CHF,

Mean (95%-CI); % of total costs

122 (109-135); 79

194 (167-222)*; 85

203 (167-239)#; 79

Individual costs, CHF,

Mean (95%-CI); % of total costs

32 (24-40); 21

33 (21-45)*; 15

53 (39-68)#; 21

Diagnostics

   

Laboratory tests, No (%)

26 (39)

0 (0)

9 (27)

Other tests, No (%)

2 (3)

0 (0)

2 (6)

No additional diagnostics, No (%)

39 (59)

38 (100)

23 (70)

  1. Cost components in Swiss Francs (CHF) are shown for the three most frequent diagnoses according to ICPC-coding (137 patients treated via "home visit" or "practice contact" and with complete cost data are included, comprising 20% of all 685 patients).
  2. P-values for comparison to costs of patients with upper respiratory tract infections (adjusted for mode of contact): *Neck/back syndrome: total costs p = 0.08; basic costs p = 0.03; individual costs p = 0.91;
  3. #Gastrointestinal infections: total costs p < 0.01; basic costs p < 0.01; individual costs p = 0.01;
  4. Subgroups may comprise more than all cases of the group;