From: Health costs in anthroposophic therapy users: a two-year prospective cohort study
Item | Pre-study year | 0–12 months | 12–24 months | ||||||
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Mean | ± SD | Percentage of costs | Mean | ± SD | Percentage of costs | Mean | ± SD | Percentage of costs | |
AM therapies | 51 | ± 186 | 1.6% | 398 | ± 400 | 12.1% | 159 | ± 334 | 5.7% |
AM medication | 58 | ± 145 | 1.8% | 88 | ± 164 | 2.7% | 65 | ± 166 | 2.3% |
Total AM costs | 108 | ± 244 | 3.4% | 485 | ± 451 | 14.7% | 224 | ± 378 | 8.1% |
Physician visits, paraclinical investigations | 247 | ± 264 | 7.7% | 234 | ± 226 | 7.1% | 225 | ± 686 | 8.1% |
Psychotherapy | 179 | ± 727 | 5.6% | 211 | ± 619 | 6.4% | 211 | ± 600 | 7.6% |
Dentist visits | 155 | ± 221 | 4.9% | 155 | ± 206 | 4.7% | 163 | ± 182 | 5.9% |
Non-AM medication | 219 | ± 464 | 6.9% | 259 | ± 507 | 7.8% | 229 | ± 517 | 8.3% |
Physiotherapy, ergotherapy | 103 | ± 232 | 3.2% | 112 | ± 286 | 3.4% | 116 | ± 271 | 4.2% |
Inpatient hospital treatment | 1224 | ± 4646 | 38.4% | 914 | ± 5052 | 27.7% | 711 | ± 3741 | 25.7% |
Inpatient rehabilitation | 114 | ± 468 | 3.6% | 104 | ± 424 | 3.1% | 73 | ± 321 | 2.6% |
Total non-AM direct costs | 2241 | ± 5092 | 70.3% | 1989 | ± 5444 | 60.2% | 1728 | ± 4160 | 62.4% |
Total direct costs | 2349 | ± 5158 | 73.7% | 2474 | ± 5605 | 74.9% | 1952 | ± 4331 | 70.5% |
Sick leave compensation | 837 | ± 2702 | 26.3% | 828 | ± 3099 | 25.1% | 816 | ± 2835 | 29.5% |
Total costs | 3186 | ± 6447 | 100.0% | 3302 | ± 6798 | 100.0% | 2768 | ± 5483 | 100.0% |