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Table 6 Mean costs per patient group at baseline and mean cumulative costs per patient group after 3 months and 1 year (95% CI)*

From: Cost-effectiveness of postural exercise therapy versus physiotherapy in computer screen-workers with early non-specific work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD); a randomized controlled trial

 

PE (n = 44)

RP (n = 44)

 

Mean costs

Bootstrapped mean costs (95% CI) *

Mean costs

Bootstrapped mean costs (95% CI)*

Time elapsed

baseline

3 months

1 year

baseline

3 months

1 year

Health care costs

      

   - Treatment costs

0

0 (0; 0)

583

584 (542; 615)

666

666 (600; 735)

0

0 (0; 0)

486

486 (441; 524)

563

565 (485; 651)

   - Other costs

22

22 (10; 39)

6

6 (2; 11)

29

29 (12; 49)

23

23 (11; 38)

26

26 (8; 52)

125

124 (48; 228)

Total health care costs

22

22 (10; 41)

589

589 (547; 620)

694

693 (621; 764)

23

23 (10; 39)

512

512 (463; 559)

688

684 (550; 839)

Costs for the patient and family

36

35 (6; 80)

104

105 (42; 188)

164

166 (83; 268)

8

8 (3; 14)

107

106 (1; 243)

190

189 (33; 398)

Productivity costs

0

0 (0; 0)

0

0 (0; 0)

317

323 (0; 940)

0

0 (0; 0)

106

109 (0; 318)

920

913 (24; 2106)

Societal costs

58

59 (21; 110)

693

694 (612; 786)

1176

1152 (764; 1890)

31

31 (15; 50)

725

722 (528; 1017)

1797

1817 (830; 3099)

  1. * The mean costs; the upper and lower confidence limits are the 2.5th and 97.5th percentile based on bootstrap replications