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Table 3 Health resource utilisation per patient and year

From: Health costs in anthroposophic therapy users: a two-year prospective cohort study

Item

Pre-study year

0–12 months

12–24 months

 

Mean

± SD

Mean

± SD

Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year

P-value

Mean

± SD

Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year

P-value

AM therapy sessions

1.58

± 5.84

12.66

± 12.70

+14.49 (13.50 to 15.00)

< 0.001

5.10

± 10.72

+6.59 (5.39 to 7.50)

< 0.001

AM medicines per day

0.44

± 0.80

0.73

± 0.88

+0.28 (0.23 to 0.34)

< 0.001

0.43

± 0.74

+0.01 (-0.03 to +0.05)

0.647

Non-AM medicines per day

0.69

± 0.99

0.77

± 1.03

+0.05 (0.01 to 0.09)

0.015

0.66

± 0.96

-0.03 (-0.07 to +0.02)

0.203

Physician and dentist visits

18.30

± 19.93

18.41

± 16.45

+0.69 (0.00 to +0.50)

0.047

17.45

± 36.42

-1.45 (-2.00 to -0.50)

0.003

Paraclinical investigations

1.08

± 1.65

0.92

± 2.03

-0.50 (-0.50 to 0.00)

< 0.001

0.83

± 1.57

-0.30 (-0.58 to -0.27)

< 0.001

Psychotherapy sessions

3.19

± 12.96

3.76

± 11.02

+2.00 (0.43 to 4.00)

0.027

3.75

± 10.69

+2.34 (1.67 to 2.86)

< 0.001

Hospital days

4.07

± 15.65

2.92

± 15.76

-2.00 (-4.24 to 0.00)

0.035

2.29

± 11.84

-1.55 (-3.00 to -0.05)

0.037

Rehabilitation days

1.97

± 8.06

1.79

± 7.31

-0.50 (-3.50 to +7.00)

0.598

1.26

± 5.54

-0.62 (-0.69 to 0.56)

0.004

Physiotherapy sessions

9.09

± 20.40

10.65

± 26.18

+1.00 (-0.55 to +4.00)

0.232

10.93

± 26.08

+1.91 (-0.20 to +4.00)

0.092

Sick leave days*

27.92

± 57.96

28.43

± 69.02

-2.07 (-6.00 to +1.50

0.209

28.44

± 64.85

-0.50 (-4.50 to +3.00)

0.614

  1. *economically active patients, n = 291.