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. 2012 Sep 3;13:165. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-165

Table 4.

Predictors of direct, indirect and total costs including monetarily valued informal care and reduced productivity at work

Parameter Direct costs Standard error   Indirect costs Standard error   Total costs Standard error  
Constant
6,388
869
***
6,915
635
***
13,269
1,176
***
Diagnosis
381
158
*
−28
205
 
371
277
 
Psychiatric comorbidity
893
352
*
448
327
 
1,348
549
*
T1
−2,450
166
***
994
201
***
−1,453
283
***
T1 x psychiatric comorbidity
−564
454
 
−688
499
 
−1,242
755
 
T2
−5,063
192
***
−3,112
282
***
−8,167
368
***
T2 x psychiatric comorbidity
38
709
 
1,646
762
*
1,643
1,133
 
Chronic medical disease
643
191
***
811
229
***
1,397
329
***
Number of previous disc surgeries
548
162
***
1,197
147
**
1,755
232
***
Age (centralized to mean)
−9.50
10.30
 
67
12.40
***
58
17.69
**
Gender (ref: female)
−871
158
***
2,237
167
***
1,343
247
***
Being married
104
181
 
499
262
 
594
354
 
ISCED educational level 3 (ref ≤ 2)
−484
711
 
256
521
 
−209
972
 
ISCED educational level 5 (ref ≤ 2)
−681
729
 
−160
550
 
−829
1,009
 
Living situation: with partner (ref: alone)
−212
269
 
−100
337
 
−260
470
 
Living situation: others (ref: alone)
580
646
 
689
929
 
1,333
1,233
 
Number of children
87
79
 
−328
90
***
−235
130
 
Private health insurance (ref: statutory health insurance)
−40
165
 
−740
255
**
−775
326
*
Being not employed (ref: being employed)
691
269
*
−7,025
323
***
−6,347
462
***
Model statistics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R2 within
0.48
 
 
0.46
 
 
0.53
 
 
R2 between
0.33
 
 
0.52
 
 
0.35
 
 
R2 overall 0.41     0.48     0.43    

* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001.