Table 5. The cost of physical therapy and back school (14 days) (TL).
Group 1 (n=34) (inpatient therapy) | Group 2 (n=35) (outpatient therapy) | Group 3 (n=36) (back school) | ||||||||
Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | P | |
Initial cost (TL) | 700 | 280 | 32 | <0.001 | ||||||
Medication | 22.9±10.3 | 23.2 | 5-46.6 | 20.1±10.4 | 21.7 | 0-39.7 | 13±11.5 | 11.8 | 0-37.9 | 0.004 |
Medical equipment | 22.1±27.7 | 0 | 0-70 | 5.2±14.9 | 0 | 0-68 | 0.030 | |||
Transportation costs | 14±25.6 | 0 | 0-70 | 106.5±46 | 98 | 49-280 | 39±33.3 | 35 | 14-210 | <0.001 |
Absenteeism from work | 0 | 118.1±395 | 0 | 0-1866.6 | 19.1±60.9 | 0 | 0-250 | 0.970 | ||
Total (TL) | 81.6±257.1 | 0 | 0-1,166.6 | 547 ± 429 | 439.9 | 334-2366.4 | 108.4±77.6 | 87.6 | 46-389.7 | <0.001 |
TL: Turkish Liras; SD: Standard deviation; Min: Minimum; Max: Maximum. |