Table 4 The variety of the pre- and postoperative costs in the two programmes reflected by the most optimistic and most pessimistic estimates (Euros)
Integrated programme | Routine programme | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Most optimistic | Base case | Most pessimistic | Most optimistic | Base case | Most pessimistic | |
Preoperative costs | 22 | 79 | 88 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
Postoperative hospital costs | 449 | 999 | 2,334 | 536 | 1,530 | 3,074 |
Postoperative primary care costs | 82 | 96 | 111 | 116 | 130 | 157 |
Direct costs | 553 | 1,174 | 2,532 | 657 | 1,668 | 3,239 |
Indirect costs | 7,011 | 8,021 | 9,098 | 8,834 | 9,152 | 9,427 |
Balance | 8,117 | 10,369 | 11,884 | 10,148 | 12,488 | 15,906 |