Table 5 |
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| Rehabilitation and care costs1per patient during 18 months after primary care inpatient rehabilitation of older people | ||||
| Setting | PCDIR2mean(CI) | PCNHR3mean(CI) | Cost difference (PCNHR-PCDIR) mean (CI)4 | p4of the cost difference |
| Rehabilitation5 | 7 443 | 10 972 | 3 528 | <0.001 |
| (6 963–7 923) | (9 376–12 369) | (2 455–4 756) | ||
| At-home Care6 | 10 890 | 20 995 | 10 134 | 0.002 |
| (10 221–11 772) | (18 689–23 301) | (4 066–16 202) | ||
| Hospital6 | 2 020 | 1 360 | −660 | 0.3 |
| (1 180–2 865) | (550–2 165) | (−600-1 950) | ||
| Nursing home total6 | 9 092 | 14 820 | 5 728 | 0.2 |
| (5 301–13 253) | (6 897–22 743) | (−3 078–14 505) | ||
| Sum rehabilitation and care | 29 445 | 48 147 | 18 702 | |
| Nursing home 0 days | 0 (n=102, 62%) | 0 (n=58, 66%) | 0 | |
| Nursing home 1–28 days | 4 817 | 5 843 | 1 026 | 0.06 |
| (4 304–5 358) | (4 788–6 869) | (−29-2 021) | ||
| (n=32, 19%) | (n=13, 15%) | |||
| Nursing home >28 days | 42 380 | 72 276 | 29 897 | 0.05 |
| (26 135–58 596) | (42 978–101574) | (80–59 736) | ||
| (n=32, 19%) | (n=17, 19%) | |||
1 Costs in €(2009 price level, 1€=8NOK).
2 Primary Care Dedicated Inpatient Rehabilitation.
3 Primary Care Nursing Home Rehabilitation.
4 Independent Samples T-test.
5 PCDIR: n=200, PCNHR: n=100.
6 PCDIR: n=166, PCNHR: n=89.
Johansen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:400 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-400
