Table 1 Unadjusted costs and effects, by group
Costs | Unit cost (€2012) | Mean costs, control (95% CI) | Mean costs,intervention (95% CI) | Unadjusted diff (95%CI)a | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Costs associated to the intervention | €0 | €4.79 | NA | NA | |
Primary care physician | €10.50 (centre visit),€27.48 (home visit) | €96.61 (90.54 to 102.68) | €91.46 (85.68 to 97.23) | €–5.16 (–13.58 to 3.27) | 0.230 |
Primary care nurse | €10.03 (centre visit),€25.37 (home visit) | €35.67 (28.74 to 42.59) | €26.34 (21.23 to 31.45) | €–9.32 * (–17.95 to –0.69) | 0.032 |
Social worker | €14.90 (centre visit),€25.37 (home visit) | €0.63 (0.41 to 0.87) | €0.46 (0.27 to 0.66) | €–0.18 (–0.51 to 15) | 0.293 |
Emergency visits to primary care | €63.99 | €33.07 (25.27 to 40.86) | €29.05 (22.20 to 35.90) | €–4.02 (–14.44 to 6.40) | 0.451 |
Total primary care | €162.75 (151.01 to 174.49) | €146.17 (135.76 to 156.58) | €–16.58 (–32.32 to –0.85) | 0.039 | |
Outpatient mental health (MH) visit | €42.93 (psychiatrist),€70.61 (psychologist),€10.03 (MH nurse),€19.22 (group therapy) | €16.16 (9.74 to 22.57) | €16.31 (8.08 to 24.54) | €0.15 (–10.31 to 10.62) | 0.997 |
Antidepressant | *Different values* | €20.70 (0 to 72.8) | €22.32 (0 to 76.77) | €1.62 (–57.74 to 60.98) | 0.658 |
Admission to psych.hospitalb | €284.90 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Total mental health | €45.19 (31.02 to 59.36) | €34.40 (24.07 to 44.73) | €–10.79 (–27.11 to 5.54) | 0.184 | |
Other outpatient specialists | €51.08 | €149.08 (122.96 to 175.19) | €149.46 (122.53 to 176.40) | €0.38 (–35.26 to 36.02) | 0.973 |
Diagnostic tests | *Different values* | €212.86 (189.47 to 236.25) | €198.24 (176.59 to 219.89) | €–14.61 (–46.31 to 17.08) | 0.368 |
Emergency visits to hospital | €155.50 | €96.18 (73.13 to 119.24) | €92.82 (70.60 to 115.04) | €–3.37 (–34.20 to 27.47) | 0.831 |
Non-mental health-related admissions | *Different values* | €493 (134.79 to 852.27) | €548.04 (0 to 1136.96) | €54.51 (–141.48 to 250.50) | 0.587 |
Total healthcare direct costs | €1039.11 (819.24 to 1258.98) | €1075.11 (849.70 to 1300.53) | €36.01 (–132.02 to 204.04) | 0.676 | |
Sick leave | €21.11/day | €337.37 (122.08 to 552.68) | €335.30 (96.60 to 574.03) | €–2.08 (–126.1 to 121.94) | 0.974 |
Total costs | €1353.99 (1039.31 to 1668.66) | €1394.83 (1020.07 to 1769.6) | €40.85 (–178.21 to 259.91) | 0.716 | |
Units for sensitivity analysis | |||||
Extra intervention costsc | 0 | €31.72 | NA | NA | |
Private direct health costs | *Different values* | €174.13 (76.92 to 271.33) | €126.00 (82.90 to 169.10) | €–48.13 (–107.10 to 10.83) | 0.099 |
Absenteeism | €21.11/day | €87.34 (57.27 to 117.42) | €89.70 (63.38 to 116.01) | €2.35 (–30.66 to 35.37) | 0.888 |
Presenteeism | €21.11/day | €80.41 (36.78 to 124.04) | €63.39 (34.42 to 92.34) | €–17.02 (–52.93 to 18.81) | 0.322 |
Effects | Unit of the effect | Effect gained control (95% CI) | Effect gained intervention (95%CI) | Unadjusted diff (95%CI)a | P value |
QALYs | Mean | 1.22 (1.20 to 1.24) | 1.25 (1.23 to 1.26) | 0.03 (–0.02 to 0.07) | 0.240 |
QALYs-VAS | Mean | 1.05 (1.04 to 1.07) | 1.08 (1.07 to 1.10) | 0.03 (0.006 to 0.05)* | 0.014 |