Table 3.
Intervention and health services costs at 18 months.
| Intervention group | Control group | Intervention group vs control
group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per patient (USD) | Cost per patient (USD) | Cost difference per patient
(USD) |
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| Costs | Use (%) | Mean | 95% CI | Use (%) | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | |||
| Intervention | |||||||||||
| Platform development and maintenence | 100 | 6.87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Training workshops | 100 | 4.02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patient educational materials | 100 | 6.12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Self monitoring blood pressure | 100 | 18.29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Community health workers visits | 100 | 61.27 | 17.47 | 69.89 | - | - | - | - | 61.27*** | 60.33 | 62.21 |
| Field work coordination | 100 | 3.89 | 2.58 | 6.44 | - | - | - | - | 3.89*** | 3.82 | 3.97 |
| Text messages (SMS) | 100 | 7.56 | 0 | 8.66 | - | - | - | - | 7.56*** | 7.39 | 7.74 |
| Sub-total | - | 108.02 | 59.05 | 117.74 | - | - | - | - | 108.02*** | 107.01 | 109.04 |
| Health services | |||||||||||
| Hospitalization within 6 months | 13.58 | 5.47 | 0 | 46.48 | 13.58 | 3.77 | 0 | 44.90 | 1.69** | 0.31 | 3.08 |
| Hospitalization LOS in general ward**** | 3.36 | 41.06 | 0 | 526.03 | 2.9 | 28.6 | 0 | 440.78 | 12.46 | -13.49 | 38.40 |
| Hospitalization in CU or ICU**** | 0.27 | 5.69 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 26.21 | 0 | 0 | −20.52 | −48.72 | 7.68 |
| Outpatient care and testing | 51.84 | 29.82 | 0 | 70.24 | 37.35 | 17.09 | 0 | 70.24 | 12.73*** | 9.68 | 15.80 |
| Antihypertensive medications | 88.72 | 118.14 | 0 | 744.64 | 83.64 | 82.57 | 0 | 620.43 | 35.57* | −5.30 | 76.43 |
| Sub-total | - | 196.26 | 0 | 1,193.35 | - | 153.74 | 0 | 1,197.11 | 42.52 | −15.80 | 100.85 |
| Total | - | 304.28 | 72.24 | 1,302.11 | - | 153.74 | 0 | 1,197.11 | 150.54*** | 92.16 | 208.92 |