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Table 4 Health care expenditures (in €) by sector and study condition, six months pre-enrollment versus six months post-enrollment

From: Health economic evaluation of a web-based intervention for depression: the EVIDENT-trial, a randomized controlled study

  Intervention CAU p-value between-group differences#
Mean 5% trimmed mean 95% - CI of the mean p-value within-group differences# Mean 5% trimmed mean 95% - CI of the mean p-value within-group differences
Total amount
 6 months pre enrollment 2345.91 1506.42 1842.50 – 2784.98 0.002* 2474.88 1705.61 2032.64 – 2820.61 0.000* 0.730
 6 months post enrolment 1714.91 1681.41 1772.44 – 2525.51   1849.70 1021.75 1231.78 – 1973.36   0.139
Medication costs
 6 months pre enrollment 277.50 33.17 34.25 – 589.26 0.007* 276,96. 45.83 90.82 – 463.09 0.634 0.998
 6 months post enrolment 108.41 26.09 20.09 – 196.74   154.91 19.45 −43.55 – 353.36   
Outpatient medical care
 6 months pre enrollment 749.70 585.73 647.40 – 852.0 0.144 683.85 581.25 611.54 – 756.16 0.099 0.302
 … thereof psychotherapy 477.32 313.54 382.85 – 571.8 0.031 405.93 304.76 342.60 – 469.25 0.164 0.218
 6 months post enrolment 716.69 634.68 637.16 – 796.2   762.41 670.20 673.70 – 851.12   0.036*
 … thereof psychotherapy 397.24 325.58 333.67 – 460.8   465.78 370.32 387.18 – 544.39   0.008*
Outpatient paramedical services
 6 months pre enrollment 76.24 53.42 62.10 – 90.37 0.036* 85.66 58.31 69.89 – 101.43 0.411 0.382
 6 months post enrolment 99.90 75.82 81.99 – 117.81   79.99 48.14 59.05 – 100.94   0.031*
Inpatient hospital treatment
 6 months pre enrollment 646.97 61.35 374.47 – 919.48 0.484 680.32 135.49 421.59 – 939.04 0.075 0.862
 6 months post enrolment 374.25 15.63 170.19 – 578.32   468.91 30.01 207.61 – 730.21   0.427
Rehabilitation
 6 months pre enrollment 285.82 39.4 181.9 – 389.8 0.820 297.20 65.61 199.61 – 394.79 0.161 0.875
 6 months post enrolment 275.96 36.3 145.8 – 406.1   188.64 0.00 84.10 – 293.18   0.484
Sickness benefit
 6 months pre enrollment 309.68 78.27 212.65 – 406.70 0.005* 450.89 197.72 328.94 – 572.85 0.000* 0.075
 6 months post enrolment 139.70 24.89 81.30 – 198.10   194.84 65.89 126.21 – 263.47   0.111
  1. #t-test for independent samples; pre enrollment: comparison of mean values, post enrollment: comparison of differences in mean costs between pre and post enrollment
  2. *p ≤ 0.05
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