Table 7

Mean medical and non-medical costs per 6 months measured at patient level at intake and follow up (N = 125).


Intake
Follow up


Mean
SD
Median
Mean
SD
Median

Medical costs






GP
€ 63
€ 67
€ 41
€ 41
€ 40
€ 41
Medical specialist
€ 77
€ 103
€ 0
€ 58
€ 95
€ 0
Physiotherapist
€ 87
€ 202
€ 0
€ 62
€ 181
€ 0
Psychologist
€ 125
€ 377
€ 0
€ 50
€ 172
€ 0
Psychiatrist
€ 18
€ 107
€ 0
€ 18
€ 95
€ 0
Home care
€ 589
€ 1629
€ 0
€ 498
€ 1235
€ 0
Hospitalisation
€ 134
€ 720
€ 0
€ 67
€ 509
€ 0
Prescribed medicine
€ 19
€ 50
€ 3
€ 16
€ 52
€ 3







Non medical costs






Alternative med. pr.
€ 56
€ 114
€ 0
€ 39
€ 94
€ 0
Non prescr. medicine
€ 52
€ 121
€ 0
€ 25
€ 53
€ 0
Informal homecare
€ 1109
€ 2322
€ 0
€ 927
€ 1573
€ 0
Travelling costs
€ 32
€ 32
€ 23
€ 21
€ 28
€ 11

Total medical costs
€ 1112
€ 2258
€ 362
€ 810
€ 1350
€ 241
Total non-medical costs
€ 1249
€ 2396
€ 112
€ 1012
€ 1822
€ 72

Scheeres et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:175   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-175