The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study

Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted differences in direct health-care costs following a consultation at the GPC

	Experimental vs control arm
	experimental arm	control arm	Mean difference	95 % CI
Unadjusted mean cost per consultation (minimal medication costs)	€44,93	€46,98	€-2,04*	€-3,79; €-0,29
Adjusted mean cost per consultation (minimal medication costs)			€-1,53	€-3,36; €0,46
	Experimental arm GP vs NP
	GP	NP	Mean difference	95 % CI
Unadjusted mean cost per consultation (minimal medication costs)	€46,17	€38,59	€-7,58**	€-10,82; €-4,34
Adjusted mean cost per consultation (minimal medication costs)			€-3,34*	€-5,97; €-0,65

Tested within a linear regression model. Adjusted estimates are adjusted for age, gender, urgency level and ICPC group
* p < .05
** p < .001

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