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Table 2 Costs of care in intervention and control groups 0–12 months (in Euros)

From: Cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent primary care program targeting frail elderly people

 

Intervention group

Control group

Adjusted mean differenceb (95% CI)

P value

Unadjusted meana

SEd

Unadjusted meana

SEd

  

Outcome:

 Katz-15 change score1

0.80

0.13

0.50

0.16

0.37 (−0.10 to 0.80)

.10

 QALY2

0.60

0.02

0.60

0.02

−0.03 (− 0.10 to 0.00)

.37

 Intervention costs:

456

14

0

0

− 455 (− 512 to − 398)

<.001

 Healthcare utilization costs, total:

10,125

983

8114

845

−1143 (− 4198 to 1912)

.46

 GP care

163

13

169

18

  

 GP care, out of office hours

40

11

36

7

  

 Hospital care, inpatient

1557

510

1225

248

  

 Hospital care, outpatient

239

24

304

40

  

 Nursing home

943

399

198

118

  

 Care home

416

218

161

76

  

 Day care

422

102

342

101

  

 Home care

3712

423

2787

412

  

 Domestic care

1472

91

1417

113

  

 Physiotherapy

988

309

485

87

  

 Medication

1617

296

978

126

  

 Total costsc

10,576

983

8114

845

−1583 (− 4647 to 1481)

.31

  1. 1Katz-15 index (range 0 to 15); higher score indicates more functional dependence in (instrumental) activities of daily living
  2. 2Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY), as derived from the EQ-5D-3 L.
  3. aUnadjusted means, analyzed with descriptive techniques
  4. bMultilevel mixed model analyses, accounting for clustering and covariates
  5. cTotal costs = intervention costs plus healthcare utilization costs
  6. dSE standard error