Table 3.
Mean service utilization in number of contacts and mean costs in € per individual for t0 and t1
| Cost category | Unit | Intervention group (58.7%) (n = 243) | Control group (41.3%) (n = 171) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean service utilization (SD) | Mean costs (SD) | Mean service utilization (SD) | Mean costs (SD) | ||||||
| ta0 | tb1 | t0 | t1 | ta0 | tb1 | t0 | t1 | ||
| Costs of service utilization | |||||||||
| Formal care | 1131.91 (1466.13) | 2513.83 (3008.99) | 906.83 (1198.01) | 2070.40 (2514.34) | |||||
| Home nursing service | h | 17.44 (2.96) | 36.92 (64.49) | 680.09 (1179.26) | 1598.71 (2615.99) | 11.31 (20.04) | 26.72 (50.50) | 479.13 (845.30) | 1138.17 (2089.16) |
| Paid service for household support | h | 10.15 (29.13) | 21.47 (59.09) | 221.80 (637.88) | 484.62 (1222.10) | 10.53 (22.38) | 17.87 (41.63) | 219.79 (464.11) | 385.81 (849.87) |
| Service for supervision at home | day | 1.78 (6.03) | 4.35 (15.11) | 75.92 (271.96) | 146.10 (469.37) | 2.53 (8.96) | 6.05 (17.71) | 56.48 (192.29) | 176.84 (460.17) |
| Short-term care | day | 2.75 (7.84) | 4.67 (11.20) | 146.73 (435.15) | 241.96 (542.48) | 2.56 (6.13) | 7.45 (15.70) | 146.13 (343.81) | 388.56 (848.52) |
| Meal delivery | day | 7.28 (20.49) | 9.79 (31.80) | 7.37 (20.22) | 11.71 (32.25) | 6.09 (18.89) | 12.68 (34.35) | 5.31 (17.49) | 11.75 (32.62) |
| Informal care | 6962.63 (4919.18) | 13,895.35 (10,503.54) | 7499.85 (4952.01) | 16,200.71 (11,330.74) | |||||
| Care during leisure time | h | 252.89 (179.15) | 515.50 (439.87) | 6187.17 (4113.42) | 12,523.37 (9933.37) | 264.29 (191.18) | 554.23 (414.93) | 6401.02 (3736.34) | 13,974.66 (9244.08) |
| Work productivity loss due to caregiving | h | 25.31 (69.51) | 42.8 (122.86) | 775.46 (2174.98) | 1371.98 (3756.65) | 33.62 (82.46) | 67.74 (172.51) | 1098.83 (2652.27) | 2226.05 (5428.98) |
| Services provided for informal caregivers | 53.27 (143.01) | 169.78 (430.78) | 52.68 (157.10) | 97.45 (237.06) | |||||
| Training in nursing skills | day | – | 0.02 (0.14) | – | 2.34 (12.24) | – | 0.03 (0.18) | – | 3.26 (15.73) |
| Consultation | Contact | 0.37 (1.29) | 0.84 (3.01) | 32.07 (108.61) | 83.10 (239.12) | 0.34 (1.49) | 0.58 (2.37) | 27.16 (121.66) | 50.65 (188.05) |
| Self-help group sessions incl. patient supervision | Contact | 0.23 (1.35) | 0.53 (3.09) | 3.57 (20.28) | 9.51 (43.62) | 0.88 (3.93) | 0.97 (4.91) | 2.83 (9.43) | 13.30 (52.81) |
| Patient group supervision | Contact | 0.68 (2.52) | 2.63 (12.75) | 17.63 (62.94) | 74.83 (315.02) | 0.19 (0.64) | 0.86 (3.75) | 22.69 (100.73) | 30.32 (123.65) |
| Therapeutic services | 243.77 (527.41) | 188.92 (447.63) | |||||||
| Physical therapy | Contact | – | 7.13 (16.31) | – | 132.81 (280.24) | – | 6.30 (15.06) | – | 113.78 (259.73) |
| Occupational therapy | Contact | – | 2.42 (9.15) | – | 110.68 (357.15) | – | 1.64 (8.11) | – | 74.24 (318.25) |
| Medical pedicure | Contact | – | 0.00 (0.00) | – | 0.00 (0.00) | – | 0.04 (0.40) | – | 0.90 (9.37) |
| Intervention costs | – | 15.34 | – | – | – | – | |||
| MAKS training session | h | – | 3.94 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MAKS refresher course | h | – | 1.97 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Phone-based support | h | – | 1.97 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Travel costs of MAKS trainer | km | – | 3.13 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Hotel costs of MAKS trainer | Overnight stay | – | 1.15 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Manual | Book | – | 3.19 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total costsc | 8089.63 (4871.46) | 16,359.44 (10,333.29) | 8551.57 (5411.60) | 18,526.82 (11,374.81) | |||||
Data presented as mean (standard deviation), any discrepancies due to rounding
Single missing items in resource utilization of complete cases not imputed, single missing items in cost calculation for complete cases assumed to be true zeros; thus, slightly different results due to multiplication of unit costs with mean service utilization
Bold numbers indicates summed costs of each category MAKS non-pharmacological treatment (Motor stimulation, Activities of daily living stimulation, Cognitive stimulation, and Social functioning)
aReference period: 3-month period before t0, breference period: 6-month intervention period, cimputed values, summing of distinct cost categories yields slight deviation