Table 4.

Average weekly costs per patient at baseline (AUD$)

	Usual care (mean)	Optimal care (mean)	P‐value
Transport cost	$13.95	$17.69
Consultancy cost (out‐of‐pocket)	$16.37	$67.10
Consultancy cost (health care system)	$71.41	$78.13
Costs of using other medical services (out‐of‐pocket)	$9.94	$8.27
Costs of using other medical services (health care system)	$38.95	$37.60
Product cost	$62.87	$85.93
Total weekly costs (health system)	$110.36	$115.73	0.736
Total weekly costs (out‐of‐pocket)	$104.25	$178.99	0.016
Total weekly costs	$214.61	$294.72	0.04

The “Totals” rows display the pooled results from the use of multiple imputation to handle missing data. Only the total weekly costs (by payer perspective and overall) were statistically tested.