Table 5.

Health care utilization.

Care utilization	Six months prior to inclusion	Six months in eHealth care	Difference (relative difference in %)
Hospital admissions (n)	13	2	–11 (–85)
Emergency visits (n)	21	4	–17 (–81)
Outpatient visits (n)	116	20	–96 (–83)
Diagnostic tests (n)	20	1	–19 (–95)
Telephonic consultation (n)	21	9	–12 (–57)
Total health care costs (euro)a	€71,784	€14,018	–€57,766 (–80)
Program costs (euro)	N/Ab	€38,745	+€38,745
Net cost reduction	€71,784	€52,763	–€19,021 (–26)

^aUS $1=€0.85.

^bN/A: not applicable.