Table 4.
Non-medical costs (€, mean, SD) during the first year in T1 and T2. Differences between the two cohorts as well as between women and between men in T1 and T2, respectively
| Total | p | Women | p | Men | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | ||||
| n = 276 | n = 340 | n = 187 | n = 239 | n = 89 | n = 101 | ||||
| Formal care | 20 (247) | 148 (1591) | 0.145 | 8 (49) | 182 (1859) | 0.202 | 45 (429) | 67 (587) | 0.772 |
| Aids/devices total | 62 (264) | 74 (154) | 0.504 | 73 (289) | 87 (168) | 0.523 | 41 (201) | 43 (109) | 0.936 |
| ADL devices | 29 (209) | 20 (78) | 0.486 | 32 (226) | 24 (89) | 0.621 | 21 (167) | 10 (45) | 0.528 |
| Orthoses | 14 (61) | 47 (101) | <0.000 | 17 (71) | 55 (104) | <0.000 | 8 (34) | 29 (90) | 0.041 |
| Walking aids | – | 7 (45) | – | 9 (50) | – | 4 (30) | |||
| Work adaptation | 20 (129) | – | 24 (137) | – | 12 (110) | – | |||
| Transportation | 68 (143) | 95 (417) | 0.303 | 72 (150) | 110 (493) | 0.304 | 61 (128) | 60 (97) | 0.967 |
| Totala | 151 (399) | 317 (1965) | 0.167 | 152 (353) | 379 (2303) | 0.183 | 147 (483) | 170 (663) | 0.786 |
| Informal care | – | 1575 (3240) | – | 1989 (3717) | – | 596 (1149) | |||
| Totalb | – | 1892 (3991) | – | 2368 (4599) | – | 766 (1356) | |||
– not assessed
ADL activities of daily living, including aids/assistive devices for personal care and household
aTotal non-medical costs excluding informal care
bTotal non-medical costs including informal care