Table 3.

Comparison between the groups in use and costs of health care services per participant during the 8-year follow-up period (2009–2018)

	Intervention group, units per year	Control group, units per year	RR (CI) (Intervention/ control)	Difference per follow-up (intervention-control)	Unit cost, €
Health care service use
Hospital stays in days, mean (CI)	1.94 (1.59–2.52)	2.67 (2.20–3.33)	0.73 (0.54–1.00)	−5.83 days	556/day
Emergency visits, mean (CI)	0.29 (0.26–0.33)	0.36 (0.32–0.40)	0.83 (0.70–0.97)	−0.50 visits	322/visit
Hospital outpatient visits, mean (CI)	2.30 (2.09–2.55)	2.52 (2.30–2.77)	0.91 (0.80–1.05)	−1.75 visits	323/visit
Physician visits in primary health care, mean (CI)	1.54 (1.43–1.65)	1.60 (1.49–1.75)	0.96 (0.86–1.06)	−0.54 visits	83/visit
Nurse visits in primary health care, mean (CI)	1.75 (1.58–1.98)	1.68 (1.52–1.90)	1.04 (0.89–1.21)	0.52 visits	40/visit
Home care visits, mean (CI)	2.39 (1.68–3.40)	2.81 (2.00–3.97)	0.85 (0.51–1.40)	−3.39 visits	35/visit
Long-term care in days, mean (CI)	2.62 (1.59–4.21)	2.26 (1.31–3.82)	1.16 (0.54–2.47)	2.90 days	160/day
Total costs, €, mean (CI)	2619 (2275–3078)	3073 (2681–3579)	0.85 (0.69–1.05)	−3640€
Costs without long-term care, €, mean (CI)	2200 (1952–2553)	2712 (2402–3117)	0.81 (0.68–0.99)	−4110€