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Table 4 The health expenditures of KardioPro

From: Should health insurers target prevention of cardiovascular disease?: a cost-effectiveness analysis of an individualised programme in Germany based on routine data

Strategies

 

All health expenditures

Cost components

   

Difference in total costs

Difference in hospital costs

Difference in physician costs

Difference in pharmaceutical costs

Difference in other* costs

KardioPro for all risk groups

Difference in study population in millions € (SE)

8.84

−1.63

9.14

−0.86

2.18

(1.75)

(1.25)

(0.29)

(0.88)

(0.70)

Mean difference per pair in € (SE)

674.35

−124.67

697.08

−65.51

253.13

(134.42)

(96.20)

(21.68)

(66.68)

(53.74)

KardioPro for the CHD group

Difference in study population in millions € (SE)

0.67

−0.33

1.7

−0.41

−0.28

(0.86)

(0.73)

(0.11)

(0.31)

(0.37)

Mean difference per pair in € (SE)

473.92

−234.95

1,205.13

−287.29

38.88

(607.50)

(513.24)

(82.18)

(217.38)

(265.70)

KardioPro for the high-risk group

Difference in study population in millions € (SE)

0.58

−0.74

0.97

0.13

0.22

(0.54)

(0.41)

(0.08)

(0.16)

(0.24)

Mean difference per pair in € (SE)

604.79

−768.09

1,005.87

135.68

57.04

(554.86)

(430.80)

(81.05)

(165.36)

(252.03)

KardioPro for the medium-risk group

Difference in study population in millions € (SE)

1.44

−0.27

1.38

−0.34

0.66

(0.73)

(0.54)

(0.09)

(0.33)

(0.25)

Mean difference per pair in € (SE)

832.47

−153.44

799.42

−199.39

799.42

(424.84)

(305.99)

(55.84)

(194.26)

(55.84)

KardioPro for the low-risk group

Difference in study population in millions € (SE)

6.15

−0.29

5.09

−0.24

1.59

(1.21)

(0.75)

(0.23)

(0.74)

(0.48)

Mean difference per pair in € (SE)

682.84

−33.01

564.81

−26.60

564.81

(137.43)

(86.76)

(25.14)

(80.98)

(25.14)

  1. *Other costs include costs for any other health services such as physiotherapy or laboratory services, costs for additional services such as acupuncture and also the costs of sickness benefits.
  2. CHD: coronary heart diseases.
  3. SE: standard error.
  4. Costs were inflated to the year 2010 and discounted at 5%.