eTable 1. Estimated costs per year and patient based on resource use data.
|
Costs (euros) for the same period of
the previous year at the start of the study (baseline) |
Change in costs (euros) after one year*1 per group |
Difference in changes
(euros) |
|||
| Type of service |
Team-based
care |
Standard
care |
Team-based
care |
Standard
care |
Standard −
team-based |
|
Observed mean
value (SD) |
Observed mean
value (SD) |
Mean value*2
[95% CI] |
Mean value*2
[95% CI] |
Estimated difference*2
[95% CI] |
|
| Drugs indicated forrheumatism | 2430.94 (5 191.71) | 2057.40 (4 683.04) | −230.41 [−578.14; 104.12] | −229.11 [−507.05; 44.42] | 1.30 [−453.34; 455.94] |
| Other medications | 410.55 (421.00) | 394.90 (423.75) | −26.58 [−60.75; 11.58] | −29.67 [−66.13; 5.10] | −3.10 [−53.61; 47.41] |
| Occupational or work therapy | 82.87 (403.62) | 125.86 (494.11) | 59.15 [6.80; 110.40] | 23.94 [−15.87; 65.37] | −35.22 [−103.13; 32.70] |
| Physiotherapy, etc. | 347.95 (538.52) | 306.33 (500.09) | −23.51 [−79.36; 38.19] | −6.95 [−62.40; 47.80] | 16.56 [−60.87; 93.99] |
| Ophthalmologists | 51.56 (100.20) | 41.89 (94.79) | −3.19 [−17.25; 9.47] | 3.45 [−7.78; 14.34] | 6.64 [−10.71; 23.98] |
| Surgeons | 27.12 (162.65) | 14.93 (79.25) | −6.31 [−27.76; 12.93] | 12.50 [−3.05; 29.42] | 18.81 [−7.27; 44.89] |
| Gynecologists | 28.03 (93.53) | 23.44 (57.35) | 2.92 [−10.52; 15.03] | 2.57 [−3.51; 8.86] | −0.35 [−13.97; 13.27] |
| Primary care physicians | 241.62 (222.04) | 236.74 (202.24) | −26.17 [−49.54; −3.30] | −8.01 [−29.12; 15.61] | 18.16 [−14.51; 50.84] |
| Dermatologists | 12.63 (38.03) | 15.44 (43.54) | −1.42 [−6.07; 3.24] | 3.66 [−5.96; 15.92] | 5.08 [−7.53; 17.69] |
| Naturopaths/osteopaths | 11.20 (92.12) | 10.65 (65.02) | −2.08 [−13.87; 6.51] | 4.13 [−4.54; 13.39] | 6.20 [−7.10; 19.51] |
| ENT | 11.13 (33.76) | 12.49 (35.53) | 7.31 [1.90; 12.76] | 5.98 [0.11; 12.09] | −1.34 [−9.57; 6.90] |
| Chiropody | 67.97 (122.29) | 64.70 (124.13) | 9.96 [−3.91; 22.32] | 18.07 [7.01; 29.94] | 8.11 [−9.35; 25.58] |
| Neurologists | 47.45 (195.91) | 21.80 (72.10) | −24.88 [−49.29; −6.37] | 1.22 [−10.01; 13.55] | 26.10 [1.19; 51.01] |
| Orthopedic surgeons | 68.35 (188.45) | 63.06 (237.32) | −18.96 [−41.74; 3.74] | −6.96 [−36.06; 17.97] | 12.01 [−23.11; 47.12] |
| Psychotherapists | 14.75 (141.37) | 58.22 (415.46) | 6.24 [−11.36; 27.80] | −2.80 [−34.15; 27.99] | −9.04 [−44.84; 26.76] |
| Radiologists | 7.05 (56.72) | 5.79 (59.93) | −3.52 [−10.59; 2.94] | −2.90 [−10.44; 3.48] | 0.63 [−9.56; 10.81] |
| Speech therapy | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 [0.00; 0.00] | 0.00 [0.00; 0.00] | 0.00 [NA; NA] |
| Urologists | 10.05 (38.74) | 8.50 (34.74) | −0.19 [−5.91; 6.24] | −0.54 [−5.49; 4.82] | −0.35 [−8.60; 7.89] |
| Dentists | 125.87 (203.22) | 164.25 (301.01) | 29.41 [−4.56; 61.18] | 7.48 [−33.08; 47.82] | −21.93 [−74.32; 30.46] |
*1 final value – initial value
*2 with lower and upper confidence limits based on the t-distribution in the intention-to-treat population
95% CI, 95% confidence interval; SD, standard deviation