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Table 3 Costs (€) due to healthcare utilization from 0 to 12 month in the identification and replication sample*

From: Modifiable prognostic factors of high costs related to healthcare utilization among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: an identification and replication study

 

BACE-N (n = 438)

BACE-D (n = 653)

 

Mean (95% CI**)

Median (95% CI**)

Patients with zero cost, n (%)

Mean (95% CI**)

Median (95% CI**)

Patients with zero cost, n (%)

Primary care

458 (404-516)

242 (192-330)

83 (21)

289 (255-329)

72 (72-72)

250 (40)

Medication

52 (43-61)

3 (1-7)

176 (44)

62 (54-70)

7 (0-17)

291 (46)

Examination

65 (50-81)

0 (0-0)

308 (77)

73 (63-87)

0 (0-4)

342 (54)

Secondary care

243 (116-388)

0 (0-0)

390 (97)

158 (110-213)

0 (0-0)

503 (80)

Total

825 (682-976)

364 (307-440)

52 (13)

582 (506-666)

233 (190-276)

136 (22)

  1. *Costs due to healthcare utilization for the entire follow-up period is calculated on basis of the three (BACE-N) and four (BACE-D) follow-up periods. Costs in the two cohorts are not direct comparable. The BACE-N lack data on primary care consultations and medication use between 6 and 9 months. Thus, total costs within the BACE-N are expected to be slightly underestimated. **Bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping (1000 simulations)