Table 5.

Costs and use of healthcare services among patients with PFPS in the arthroscopy and control groups during the intervention and follow-up period

		Number of visits, mean per patient		Direct healthcare costs (€), mean per patient
Type of utilization	Cost/visit (€)	Arthroscopy group	Control group	Arthroscopy group	Control group
Medical specialist care	174.50	1.18	1.29	205.90	225.10
Knee arthroscopy	1039.00	1.00	0.11	1039.00	114.30
Physiotherapy (session of 30 minutes maximum)	33.50	2.11	2.25	70.70	75.40
Total direct healthcare costs (€), mean per patient				1315.60	414.80

The number of visits includes baseline visit by the orthopedic surgeon and number of visits for the allocated intervention (arthroscopy and physiotherapy).