Wouter Leclercq

Chapter 10 172 Table 10.4 Mean cost differences. Intervention group (n=173) Control group (n=171) Mean cost difference (95% CI)* Hospital admission costs (€) 674 (104) 514 (79) 164 (–67 to 399) Primary care costs† (€) 32 (7) 67 (14) –35 (–70 to –10) Secondary care costs‡ (€) 106 (18) 119 (15) –15 (–54 to 24) Medication costs (€) 12 (5) 11 (6) –0.2 (–23 to 10) Home care costs (€) 57 (30) 10 (4) 44 (10 to 117) Intervention costs (€) 45 0 45 Total health-care costs (€) 926 (124) 721 (90) 202 (–58 to 486) Data are mean (SEM), unless otherwise stated. * Uncertainty estimated using bootstrapping, corrected for characteristics for which stratification took place (hospital, sex, and type of surgery). †Including visits to the family doctor, occupational therapist, social worker, or physiotherapist. ‡ Excludes hospital admission costs.