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. 2018 Apr 10;8(4):e019928. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019928

Table 3.

Resource use and costs

Intervention costs (cluster level)
Component Details Resource used Unit cost (NIS) Total cost (NIS) Cost per intervention physiotherapist (NIS) Cost per intervention patient (NIS)
Physiotherapist training 12 trainees attended: 2 days 192 hours 126 per 30 min 48 384 4398.55 443.89
Trainers’ time: 2 days 16 hours 126 per 30 min 2016 183.27 18.50
Materials Postcards for physiotherapists 13 per physio 650 total 650 59.09 5.96
Total: 51 050 4640.91 468.35
Healthcare resource use and cost data (unadjusted)
Control arm (missing n=0) Intervention arm (missing n=2)
n Mean SD Min Max n Mean SD Min Max
Medication used 111 1.60 2.68 0 22 107 1.21 2.11 0 17
Doctor visits 111 1.49 2.47 0 12 107 1.02 1.97 0 17
Physio appointments 111 5.11 3.44 1 18 107 3.62 1.97 1 12
Medication costs (NIS) 111 48.38 80.97 0 595.88 107 39.49 76.50 0 654.02
Doctor costs (NIS) 111 185.81 308.90 0 1500 107 127.34 245.83 0 2125
Physio costs (NIS) 111 643.62 432.94 126 2268 107 455.72 248.19 126 1512

NIS, New Israeli shekel.