Table 5.
Studies | Care model | Included costs | Value | Cost in intervention group, mean (SD) | Cost in control group, mean (SD) | p value |
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Cheung et al. [26] | GCS | Total cost per patient during 18-month follow-up | US $ | 22.450 | 25.313 | NA |
Löfgren et al. [31] | GW | Cost per patient for whole care episode | SEK | 115.163 | 124.879 | NA |
Prestmo et al. [21] | GW | Total cost per patient during 12-month follow-up | Euro | 54.332 (38.048) | 59.486 (44.301) | 0.22 |
Miura et al. [40] | GW | Direct and indirect cost per patient in inpatient period | US $ | 9.109 (2.326) | 11.299 (4.808) | < 0.001 |
Ginsberg et al. [29] | ICM | Total cost per patient during 12-month follow-up | US $ | 14.919 | 19.363 | NA |
One SEK equals 0.009 Euro. One US $ equals 0.83 Euro
Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level
GW geriatric ward, GCS geriatric consultant service, ICM integrated care model, NA not assessed, SD standard deviation, SEK Swedish Krona, US $ United States dollar