Table 4.

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

Healthcare resource	Patients using resource, n (%)	Mean resource consumption (% of all healthcare visits)	Mean (SD) medical costs	Median (IQR) medical costs
Treatments (units)
Physiotherapy*	67 (84)	3.6 (33)	€120 (363)	€0 (0–156)
Shockwave	35 (44)	2.6 (24)	€86 (222)	€0 (0–99)
Acupuncture/dry needling	16 (20)	1.7 (16)	€55 (267)	€0 (0–0)
Laser therapy/EPTE	7 (9)	0.33 (3)	€11 (47)	€0 (0–0)
Injection therapy†	8 (10)	0.06 (0.6)	€2 (9)	€0 (0–0)

*‘Regular physiotherapy treatment’ (eg, exercise therapy, massage therapy and taping) performed by a physiotherapist.

†Prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma or corticosteroids.

EPTE, therapeutic percutaneous electrolysis.