Table 3 Annual per capita costs by item and condition
From: Cost-utility of a visiting service for older widowed individuals: Randomised trial
Annual per capita costs (Direct Medical and Direct Non-Medical) in € | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Experimental Group (n = 110) | Control Group (n = 106) | |||||
t0 | t2 | Diff. t0-t2 | t0 | t2 | Diff. t0-t2 | |
Health service type | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) |
Medical doctor | 255 (328) | 245 (342) | -11 (420) | 199 (328) | 265 (393) | 66 (426) |
Medical specialist | 615 (1534) | 490 (1091) | -125 (1710) | 308 (835) | 437 (1087) | 129 (1100) |
Regional mental health service | 169 (860) | 115 (438) | -54 (978) | 38 (273) | 82 (471) | 44 (548) |
Regional addiction service | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Mental Hospital – Outpatient | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Mental Hospital – Day care | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Mental Hospital – Inpatient | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
General Hospital – Outpatient | 10 (105) | 27 (151) | 17 (186) | 0 (1) | 16 (110) | 16 (110) |
General Hospital – Day care | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Teaching Hospital – Outpatient | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Academic Hospital – Day care | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Private practice psychotherapist | 116 (966) | 15 (119) | -101 (972) | 36 (364) | 26 (171) | -9 (405) |
Social worker | 62 (268) | 46 (227) | -16 (334) | 54 (291) | 42 (186) | -12 (326) |
Physiotherapist | 298 (810) | 322 (931) | 24 (1007) | 370 (1100) | 249 (652) | -121 (952) |
Alternative Healer | 10 (59) | 18 (139) | 8 (152) | 7 (70) | 27 (100) | 20 (102) |
Self-Help | 0 (0) | 47 (298) | 47 (298) | 10 (82) | 40 (198) | 30 (217) |
Home care, nursing | 1169 (2346) | 1261 (2460) | 92 (1386) | 1068 (2076) | 1151 (2078) | 83 (1383) |
Home care, domestic | 55 (491) | 35 (246) | -20 (350) | 32 (200) | 9 (82) | -24 (141) |
Informal care (family, friends) | 37 (146) | 18 (81) | -19 (141) | 73 (484) | 32 (162) | -42 (512) |
Antidepressants | 14 (60) | 13 (68) | -1 (35) | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) |
Anxiolytics | 7 (23) | 6 (18) | -1 (23) | 6 (20) | 6 (20) | 0 (23) |
Hypnotics | 10 (24) | 9 (18) | -1 (20) | 4 (14) | 5 (14) | 1 (13) |
Total without intervention | 2829 (3837)a | 2666 (3333)b | -163 (2938)d | 2209 (2757)a | 2389 (2988)b | 180 (2346)d |
Intervention: Visiting Service | 0 (0) | 553 (0) | 553 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Total with intervention | 2829 (3837)a | 3220 (3333)c | 390 (2938)e | 2209 (2757)a | 2389 (2988)c | 180 (2346)e |