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Table 1 Costs in control and intervention groups (Euro)

From: Cost-effectiveness of a stepwise cardiometabolic disease prevention program: results of a randomized controlled trial in primary care

 

Control group

Intervention group

 

Mean costs

SD costs

N costs

Average costs per patient

Mean costs

SD costs

N costs

Average costs per patient

Intervention costs1

 Healthcare costs (reimbursed)

  Claimed (GP practice) consultations

186.9

196

693

133.94

284.12

237.29

833

244.75

 Lifestyle program costs (reimbursed)

184.5

391.57

108

20.61

  Smoking cessation costs

207.14

176.47

8

1.71

  Increasing physical activity costs

130.8

139.94

44

5.95

  Losing weight costs

241.37

556.88

44

10.98

  Lowering alcohol consumption costs

184.56

1

0.19

  Improving nutrition costs

34.88

52.15

49

1.77

 Patient costs related to the intervention (not reimbursed)2

244.38

281.94

360

90.98

  Travelling

27.62

58.55

52

1.49

  Laboratory tests

55.99

63.39

168

9.73

  Medication

151.53

195.88

174

27.27

  Other (not reimbursed) healthcare professionals

206.92

196.42

61

13.05

  Subscriptions (e.g. fitness centre)

258.01

204.48

120

32.02

  Others

231.81

266.6

31

7.43

 Other costs

Productivity costs2

10,563.26

13,171.19

6

65.54

12,434.68

10,426.52

8

102.87

 

Total costs

277.96

1495.97

694

199.48

499.17

1583.72

890

459.42

  1. NB Patients in the control group were not asked for costs emanating from the program that could only occur in the intervention group
  2. 1The intervention costs in this table do not include the implementation costs as these could not be specified to either control or intervention group
  3. 2The table shows all cost data that were collected in the clinical study (societal perspective). However, as the long-term CEA was performed from a healthcare perspective, patient and productivity costs were not included in this analysis