Table 4.

Resource use and costs of health care (2015€) per patient for the population

	PCT-guided decision making (n = 754)		Standard care (n = 735)		P valuea
	Resource use (number)	Costs (euro)	Resource use (number)	Costs (euro)
PCT number of tests	3 [2, 4]	63 [39, 79]	NA	NA	< 0.001*
CRP number of tests	4 [3, 4]	15 [12, 16]	3 [3, 4]	14 [10, 16]	0.001*
Hospital hours	164 [69, 184]	3489 [1377, 3906]	162 [79, 183]	3511 [1541, 4215]	0.060
Antibiotic doses	10 [5, 12]	22 [9, 25]	12 [7, 14]	26 [13, 29]	< 0.001*
Labor costs	–	61 [43, 76]	–	66 [52, 79]	< 0.001*
Total costs	–	3649 [1496, 4091]	–	3616 [1639, 4372]	0.240

Data are expressed as mean + IQR (interquartile range)

Costs are expressed in € corrected for inflation for the year 2015

^aP value for the difference in costs between PCT-guided decision making and standard care

^*Significant at 5% level (P < 0.05)

NA = not applicable