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Table 5 Elective, acute, and social costs at 3 and 6 months (€, crude average per person)

From: Post-hospital medical respite care for homeless people in Denmark: a randomized controlled trial and cost-utility analysis

 

3 months

6 months

Intervention

Control

P-value

Intervention

Control

P-value

Elective health costs

 General practitioner

40

36

0.849

92

62

0.3943

 Outpatient visitsa

623

708

0.794

798

1135

0.4079

 Elective hospitalization

419

768

0.514

568

909

0.545

 Rehabilitation

1047

0

0.2945

 Alcohol/drug abuse treatment

898

177

.3888

Acute health care costs

 Acute admission

3048

7139

0.0746

4819

12,158

0.0487

 Emergency department visit

164

256

0.356

307

431

0.447

 In-hospital days after inclusion

255

814

0.0901

Social costs

 General care services

938

150

0.3429

1047

153

0.2945

 Targeted care services

1605

3573

0.1598

2879

5328

0.2137

 Medical respite care

1260

0

1260

0

Delivery of prescription drugs

96

109

0.82

164

183

0.82

Crude total

8448

13,553

0,07

13,045

20,536

0,1

  1. aSomatic and psychiatric out-patient visit