Table 2.

Estimated differences in mean annual total compulsory and supplementary insurance costs (€): CAM patients compared with CON patients (linear regression model)

	Compulsory insurance costs					Supplementary insurance costs
	Total	GP	Pharmaceutical	Hospital	Paramedic
All ages	−225***	−3***	−58***	−165***	1	33***
0–24	−80***	−3***	−2	−74***	−2	11***
25–49	−137***	−2**	−50***	−85**	1	32***
50–74	−356***	−1	−126***	−232***	3	52***
75+	−236*	11***	−38	−219**	10	24***
Last year of life	−1161*	5	67	−1250**	27	3

*p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01.

CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; CON, conventional; GP, general practitioner.