Learning and coping strategies versus standard education in cardiac rehabilitation: a cost-utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial

Table 5 Resource use during 5 months of follow-up^a

	Learning andcoping	Standard	Difference
	(n = 413)	(n = 412)	(CI 95 %)
Primary health care (contacts)
General practice	13.58 (0.56)	12.93 (0.58)	0.65 (−0.94;2.23)
Medical specialist	0.93 (0.10)	0.90 (0.11)	0.03 (−0.26;0.32)
Physiotherapist	1.98 (0.39)	1.84 (0.35)	0.14 (−0.89;1.16)
Dentist	1.66 (0.10)	1.49 (0.09)	0.17 (−0.09;0.44)
Other	0.09 (0.03)	0.09 (0.03)	0.005 (−0.07;0.08)
Prescribed medicine	15.46 (0.59)	14.58 (0.68)	0.89 (−0.87;2.65)
Secondary health care
Outpatient visits*	26.61 (0.43)	24.51(0.50)	2.10 (0.80;3.41)
Hospital bed days	1.54 (0.34)	1.38 (0.29)	0.17 (−0.71;1.05)
Hospital admissions^b	0.49 (0.06)	0.57 (0.08)	−0.09 (−0.28;0.11)
Sick-leave weeks	4.69 (0.44)	4.54 (0.44)	0.15 (−1.07;1.37)
Re-schooling^c	0.02 (0.02)	0.05 (0.05)	−3.03 (−0.15;0.08)
Disability pension	2.12 (0.31)	1.60 (0.28)	0.52 (−0.30;1.33)
Sick Weeks	2.13 (0.31)	2.33 (0.31)	−0.2 (−1.06;0.66)
Informal time of patients
Patient time in course (hours)*	40.92 (0.64)	36.68 (0.76)	4.23 (2.28;6.18)
Patient time in transportation (hours)	18.59 (0.28)	16.30 (0.34)	2.28 (1.42;3.14)
Patient transportation (kilometre)	557.71 (8,68)	489.13 (10.28)	68.58 (42.39;94.77)

^aValues are mean (SE), unless otherwise stated
^bHospital admissions account for average number of admissions to the different hospital wards
^cRe-schooling refer to a situation in which patient is learning new skills because he/she is not able to stay in the current job
The asterisks indicate statistically significant differences

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