Table 4

The variety of the pre- and postoperative costs in the two programmes reflected by the most optimistic and most pessimistic estimates (Euros)

Integrated programme

Routine programme


Most optimistic

Base case

Most pessimistic

Most optimistic

Base case

Most pessimistic


Preoperative costs

22

79

88

5

8

9


Postoperative hospital costs

449

999

2,334

536

1,530

3,074


Postoperative primary care costs

82

96

111

116

130

157


Direct costs

553

1,174

2,532

657

1,668

3,239


Indirect costs

7,011

8,021

9,098

8,834

9,152

9,427


Balance

8,117

10,369

11,884

10,148

12,488

15,906


Nielsen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:209   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-209

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