Table 4.
Mean (SD) total costs per patient over one year for total group, and for Adults (18 years and older) and Children (7 to 18 years) separate
| Cost component | Unit costs in 2002 € | Adults mean (SD) in 2002 € | Children mean (SD) in 2002 € | ||
| Intervention N = 26 | Control N = 27 | Intervention N = 29 | Control N = 27 | ||
| General practitioner practice | |||||
| general practitioner visit | 20.20/visit1 | 41 (69) | 42 (69) | 13 (24) | 27 (106) |
| general practitioner telephone visit | 10.10/visit1 | 4 (10) | 5 (16) | 3 (12) | 0 (1) |
| assistant visit | 20.20/visit1 | 8 (20) | 17 (62) | 11 (29) | 4 (12) |
| assistant telephone visit | 10.10/visit1 | 6 (19) | 11 (31) | 8 (17) | 7 (15) |
| nurse practitioner visit | 20.20/visit1 | 0 (0) | 14 (59) | 2 (11) | 0 (1) |
| Hospital care | |||||
| day admission | 229.00/admission1 | 0 | 8 (44) | 2 (4) | 27 (132) |
| emergency room visit | 139.00/visit1 | 0 | 5 (27) | 2 (4) | 33 (161) |
| surgical procedures | costs/procedure2 | 54 (274) | 0 | 4 (7) | 12 (46) |
| diagnostic procedures | costs/procedure2 | 15 (55) | 64 (208) | 43 (72) | 39 (71) |
| laboratory research | costs/procedure2 | 79 (379) | 8 (37) | 44 (126) | 15 (35) |
| lung specialist outpatient visit | 100.00/visit1 | 26 (81) | 25 (80) | 0 | 0 |
| paediatric lung specialist outpatient visit | 100.00/visit1 | 0 | 0 | 57 (180) | 128 (358) |
| asthma nurse practitioner outpatient visit | 62.72/visit3 | 104 (287) | 17 (51) | 55 (131) | 17 (72) |
| other medical specialists outpatient visit | 100.00/visit1 | 62 (193) | 139 (265) | 69 (146) | 6 (21) |
| Other healthcare professionals | |||||
| speech therapist | 25.00/visit1 | 0 | 8 (43) | 0 | 0 |
| homoeopath | 52.50/visit4 | 18 (68) | 0 (1) | 33 (129) | 1 (2) |
| company medical officer | 51.61/visit5 | 7 (30) | 6 (29) | 0 | 0 |
| Prescribed medication | |||||
| medication | drug costs6 | 670 (353) | 655 (763) | 236(241) | 199 (247) |
| pharmacist fee | 6.45/prescription1 | 60 (30) | 59 (33) | 37 (22) | 40 (22) |
| Professional home care | 26.70/hour1 | 548 (1327) | 634(1170) | 35 (117) | 33 (108) |
| Intervention costs | cost calculation7 | 530 (57) | - | 537 (54) | - |
| Subtotal health care costs | 2,228 (1,582) | 1,720 (1,742) | 1,193 (582) | 588 (850) | |
| Over the counter medication | out-of-pocket costs7 | 7 (18) | 5 (18) | 4 (10) | 0 (1) |
| Informal care | 8.30/hour1 | 127 (323) | 62 (214) | 3 (12) | 3 (11) |
| Subtotal patient and family costs | 2,361 (1,673) | 1,787 (1,794) | 1,200 (591) | 592 (855) | |
| Loss of productivity at volunteer work | 8.30/hour1 | 20 (61) | 12 (57) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Loss of productivity at household work | 8.30/hour1 | 105 (264) | 50 (150) | 5 (17) | 5 (15) |
| Loss of productivity at paid labour | friction costs3,7 | 487 (1394) | 99 (281) | 0 | 0 |
| Subtotal productivity losses | 612 (1,390) | 161 (352) | 6 (20) | 6 (18) | |
| Total costs | 2,973 (2,650) | 1,948 (1,777) | 1,206 (601) | 597 (863) | |
Notes: 1 Oostenbrink, 2004. 2 Hospital billing system. 3 calculated from Oostenbrink et al. 4 Dutch Association of Classic Homoeopaths, NVKH. 5 Occupational health Service. 6 Dutch Health Insurance council; http://www.fk.cvz.nl. 7 cost diary.