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Fig. 5

From: Economic evaluation of advanced practice physiotherapy models of care: a systematic review with meta-analyses

Fig. 5

Funnel plots on health care costs per patient in advanced practice physiotherapy care compared to nurse practitioners in primary and emergency care. Costs in euro 2020 (adjusted for inflation & converted in euro). Health care costs measured in included studies: salaries, diagnostic tests, medication prescriptions and follow-up care with a ≥ 2 months time horizon. CI: Confidence intervals; IV: Inverse variance method; Obs: Observational study; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; SD: Standard deviation. McGill, 2017: Only the between-group differences (APP vs UMC) in health care cost were reported in the original study. Exact mean costs per patient for APP and UMC were not reported

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