Table 2.

Costs of healthcare; by type of GP and insuree age category

	GPs	GP-CAMs
Costs of healthcare (euros per quarter)	Conventional GP	GP-CAM anthroposophy	GP-CAM homeopathy	GP-CAM acupuncture
Age 0–24
Total	215a	190	275	191
GP	26	26	24***	25
Hospital	103	85*	153**	96
Pharmaceutical	77	69	88	62
Paramedic	8	11***	10	8
Age 25–49
Total	372	418***	286**	296***
GP	28	31***	25***	26***
Hospital	186	201	156	146**
Pharmaceutical	155	180***	103***	122**
Paramedic	4	7***	3	1***
Age 50–74
Total	824	752**	614***	687***
GP	37	39***	35***	35***
Hospital	432	382**	270***	324***
Pharmaceutical	342	311**	294*	317
Paramedic	12	19***	14*	11
Age 75+
Total	1,337	1,088**	1,309	1,139*
GP	57	57	59	56
Hospital	727	576**	820	595
Pharmaceutical	527	426**	403*	466
Paramedic	27	30	27	21

***, **, * indicate a statistically significant difference with conventional GP at the 1, 5, and 10% level, respectively

^aCosts of healthcare are in Euros per quarter