Table 3.

Annual healthcare utilisation and medical costs per patient, per type of healthcare provider (n=80)

Healthcare provider	Patients using resource, n (%)	Mean resource consumption (% of all healthcare visits)	Mean (SD) medical costs	Median (IQR) medical costs
Primary care (visits)
General practitioner	31 (39)	0.50 (4.6)	€17 (47)	€0 (0–17)
Physical therapist	67 (84)	9.7 (88.2)	€320 (598)	€176 (33–355)
Podiatrist	18 (23)	0.15 (1.4)	€23 (51)	€0 (0–0)
Other*	6 (8)	0.27 (2.4)	€20 (94)	€0 (0–0)
Secondary care (visits)
Sports medicine physician/orthopaedic surgeon	22 (28)	0.37 (3.4)	€36 (71)	€0 (0–42)
Total		10.8 (100)†	€415 (631)	€258 (131–480)

Differences between healthcare visits/costs and total visits/costs are due to rounding off.

*Another healthcare provider (eg, osteopath, chiropractor or complementary medicine).

†Total median (IQR) annual healthcare visits was 9 (3–11).