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Table 3 Healthcare visits and healthcare-related costs per patient with UPS per year

From: Patients with unexplained physical symptoms have poorer quality of life and higher costs than other patient groups: a cross-sectional study on burden

Healthcare service

Percentage of patients using the service

Mean visits per patient per year

Mean costs per patient per year in €1)

Percentage of total costs

General practitioner

58.64%

15.57

420.31

13.46%

Medical specialist

38.89%

8.43

584.96

18.73%

Physiotherapist

35.80%

14.12

490.25

15.70%

Alternative health practitioner

22.84%

5.22

248.30

7.95%

Company doctor

18.52%

2.97

80.16

2.57%

Secondary community mental-health service

11.11%

2.41

396.94

12.71%

Private psychiatric/psychotherapeutic practice

11.11%

2.49

211.08

6.76%

Social worker

9.26%

2.01

125.74

4.03%

Psychiatric outpatient clinic

8.64%

1.12

82.64

2.65%

Self-help group

1.85%

0.32

16.26

0.52%

Inpatient hospital care service

0.62%

0.24

100.98

3.23%

Substance-abuse outpatient care service

0.62%

0.08

2.13

0.07%

Day hospital care service

0.00%

0.00

0.00

0.00%

Medication

Percentage of patients using medication

Mean number different medication per patient

Mean costs per patient per year in € 1)

Percentage of total costs

Medication

85.19%

2.81

363.17

11.63%

Medication with prescription

 

2.25

  

Medication without prescription

 

0.56

  

Total costs per patient

  

3122.93

100.00%

  1. 1)Costs are adjusted for base year 2007.