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Table 4 Health costs per patient and year (Euro)

From: Health costs in anthroposophic therapy users: a two-year prospective cohort study

Item

Pre-study year

0–12 months

12–24 months

 

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%