Table 3. Healthcare use/costs, patient and family costs during the nine month follow-up period.
| Care as usual cohort (n = 43) | Care pathway cohort (n = 106) | Bootstrapping | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare costs | Mean use (SD) | Total costs (€) | Mean use (SD) | Total costs (€) | 95% CI |
| Intervention costs | 0 | 77.6 | |||
| Days in hospital | 39.2 (21.4) | 20,861.5 (1808.1) | 27.0 (26.3) | 13,555.7 (1124.0) | (-11,358, -3,310)* |
| Days in nursing home | 79.1 (75.8) | 24,902.4 (3651.4) | 55.4 (38.5) | 17,229.0 (1211) | (-15,613, -252)* |
| Days in care home | 13.0 (58.1) | 1,205.6 (841.3) | 13.6 (55.4) | 1,355.3 (548.1) | (-1,804, 2,012) |
| Regular contact with GP | 3.3 (3.1) | 109.1 (14.8) | 4.9 (5.0) | 162.0 (16.2) | (11, 98)* |
| Contact with GP during out-of-office hours | 0.3 (0.5) | 32.6 (54.9) | 0.5 (1.4) | 8.4 (15.2) | (-9, 58) |
| Professional homecare (hours/week) | |||||
| • Nursing care | 0.5 (1.8) | 617.5 (664.1) | 0.4 (1.3) | 368.2 (206.2) | (-888, 761) |
| • Personal care | 2.7 (3.5) | 2,721.2 (534.4) | 3.4 (4.2) | 3,404.5 (406.5) | (-659, 2029) |
| • Domestic care | 3.0 (4.0) | 1,227.4 (236.1) | 3.0 (3.2) | 1,193.1 (124.9) | (-593, 443) |
| Number of half days per week in day care | 0.5 (1.5) | 815.7 (410.8) | 0.1 (0.5) | 137.5 (76.6) | (1,576, 40)* |
| Contact with medical specialist | 3.2 (3.6) | 167.6 (27.7) | 4.5 (4.5) | 236.4 (21.8) | (-3, 132) |
| Contact with allied professional | 16.7 (29.2) | 542.1 (139.7) | 27.4 (29.7) | 897.9 (94.2) | (-7, 676) |
| Total healthcare costs | 57,350.1 | 42,516.4 | (-24,900, -4,525)* | ||
| Patient and family costs | |||||
| Costs assistive devices/environmental adaptations | 647 (181.5) | 588.7 (101.7) | (-489, 312) | ||
| Total travel costs | 400.2 (2.7) | 406.8 (2.3) | (-1, 13) | ||
| Informal care (hours per week) | 27.0 (36.5) | 7,701.2 (1730.4) | 20.3 (23.0) | 5,762.6 (657.7) | (-5,900, 1,302) |
| Total costs unadjusted | 65,993.19 (4732.0) | 49,232.4 (2467.6) | (-27,248, -6,721)* | ||
| Total costs∞ | 62,169.59 (4807.91) | 50,791.38 (2473.7) | (-22,090, -988)* | ||
*Statistically significant difference
∞ Adjusted for baseline differences.