Table 4.

Mean (Standard Deviation) Total Costs in Dollars, Differences in Mean (95% Confidence Intervals)^* Total Costs in Dollars, and P value^† During Follow-up of 12 mo

	Intervention (n = 58)	Usual Care (n = 67)	Intervention Versus Usual Care	P Value
Primary care costs	336 (375)	494 (739)	−157 (−313;56)	.13
GP costs	170 (120)	137 (120)	33 (−20;68)	.12
Physiotherapy costs	115 (340)	263 (490)	−148 (−276;19)	.05
Secondary care costs	885 (2,161)	1,021 (2,513)	−136 (−902;727)	.75
Outpatient costs	156 (165)	189 (274)	−32 (−107;46)	.42
Admission costs	664 (2,047)	466 (1317)	199 (−418;729)	.79
Supportive care costs	575 (1,289)	663 (1,482)	−88 (−565;414)	.72
Medication costs	220 (162)	82 (333)	139 (4;407)	.003
Intervention costs	106	—	—
Total direct costs	2,123 (2,661)	2,259 (3,922)	−136 (−1,194;1,110)	.82

^*95% confidence intervals obtained by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping.

^†P value obtained by applying the t distribution on the t value that was obtained during bootstrapping.

$1=€0.80.

GP, general practitioner.