Table 7.
Costs per patient in the group receiving nurse-assisted telephone care (G_NT) vs standard care (G_control).
| Costs | Telephone care (n=21), mean (SD) | Controls (n=21), mean (SD) | Bootstrapped difference in costs (rounded values), € (US $) | |||||
| Number of units | Cost per patient, €; US $ | Number of units | Cost per patient, €; US $ | Median | 95% CI | |||
| Health care costs | ||||||||
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Emergency room visits and nonscheduled outpatient visits | 0.57 (1.17) | 108.15 (220.18); 118.39 (241.02) |
0.19 (0.87) | 36.18 (165.03); 39.60 (180.65) |
72 (79) | –45 to 180 (–49 to 197) |
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Outpatient visits | 4.25 (1.92) | 170.03 (76.68); 186.13 (83.94) |
6.30 (0.57) | 252.13 (22.91); 276.00 (25.08) |
–84 (–92) | –119 to –39 (–130 to –43) |
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Hospitalization | 0.24 (0.77) | 73.83 (238.20); 80.82 (260.75) |
0.05 (0.22) | 14.79 (67.65); 16.19 (74.05) |
59 (65) | –29 to 177 (–32 to 194) |
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Hospitalization due to surgical intervention | 0.26 (1.31) | 97.41 (446.49); 106.63 (488.76) |
0.17 (0.87) | 65.10 (297.74); 71.26 (325.93) |
32 (35) | –195 to 292 (–213 to 320) |
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Telephone calls | 5.27 (1.35) | 85.03 (20.31); 93.08 (22.23) |
2.04 (1.62) | 32.05 (21.41); 35.08 (23.44) |
52 (57) | 40 to 64 (44 to 70) |
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Cost of TECCUa controls | N/Ab | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Equipment costs | ||||||||
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TECCU rental costs | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Productivity costs | ||||||||
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Work absenteeism (sick leave) | 13.52 (12.51) | 206.74 (194.61); 226.31 (213.03) |
25.77 (27.25) | 384.22 (418.00); 420.59 (457.57) |
–72 (79) | –247 to 79 (–270 to 86) |
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Work presenteeism (due to disease activity) | 11.58 (20.53) | 177.09 (317.12); 193.85 (347.14) |
24.35 (34.53) | 363.06 (549.48); 397.43 (601.50) |
–49 (–54) | –286 to 143 (–313 to 157) |
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Absenteeism for medical visits | 14.03 (6.32) | 214.52 (91.72); 234.83 (100.40) |
20.79 (4.79) | 309.98 (113.41); 339.32 (124.15) |
–98 (–107) | –173 to –18 (–189 to –20) |
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Absenteeism for telephone calls | 1.06 (0.31) | 15.69 (4.59); 17.18 (5.02) |
0.36 (0.27) | 5.39 (3.94); 5.90 (4.31) |
10 (11) | 8 to 13 (9 to 14) |
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Leisure time used in TECCU contacts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Total productivity costs per patient (rounded values) | N/A | 466 (397); 510 (435) |
N/A | 678 (686); 742 (751) |
–209 (–229) | –570 to 125 (–624 to 137) |
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| Total costs per patient (rounded values) | N/A | 992 (804); 1086 (880) |
N/A | 1066 (678); 1167 (742) |
–77 (–84) | –524 to 378 (–574 to 414) |
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aTECCU: Telemonitoring of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
bN/A: not applicable.