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. 2017 Jun 2;12(6):e0177260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177260

Table 4. Mean costs (in €).

Mean per group Mean difference
(95% CI)a
Cost type MRT
(N = 57)
CBT
(N = 52)
Healthcare costs
General practitioner care 152.79 162.56 -10 [-62 to 48]
Mental healthcare specialist 211.25 163.55 48 [-97 to 190]
Paramedical care 255.37 182.31 73 [-103 to 288]
Medical specialist care 125.88 108.15 18 [-52 to 93]
Hospital care 286.05 185.74 100 [-270 to 614]
Medication and OTC medication 90.13 136.56 -46 [-115 to 18]
Alternative healers 89.10 93.33 4 [-78 to 93]
Company physician 560.38 299.62 261 [37 to 479]
Interventions (MRT and CBT) 7,210.89 1,922.59 5,284 [4,568 to 5,979]
Total 8,989.06 3,308.43 5,681 [4,632 to 6,793]
Patient and family costs
Travelling and parking 237.95 129.48 108 [82, 133]
Informal care 1,393.25 2,933.07 -1,606 [-3637 to -30]
Total 1,635.10 3,021.11 -1,457 [-3,470 to 146]
Productivity costs 3,716.71 2,434.98 1,263 [-667 to 3,146]
Societal costs 1,4307.95 8,845.71 5,389 [2,488 to 8,091]

MRT = Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment; CBT = Cognitive behaviour therapy; OTC = Over the counter medication.

a The upper and lower confidence limits at the 2.5th and 97.56th percentile based on 1000 bootstrap replications.