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Table 2 Mean cost (EUR) per participant in the various study groups, unadjusted and adjusted mean cost differences between groups

From: Six-month cost-effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management for workers with musculoskeletal disorders: the MI-NAV economic evaluation

Cost category

UC Mean (SEM)

UC + MI Mean (SEM)

UC + SVAI Mean (SEM)

Comparison 1: UC + MI vs. UCMean (95%CI)

Comparison 2: UC + SVAI vs. UCMean (95%CI)

 

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Intervention costs

0 (0)

53 (3)

78 (3)

53 (47 to 58)

53 (47 to 58)

78 (72 to 84)

78 (72 to 85)

Total Healthcare costs

1049 (65)

984 (73)

924 (64)

-65 (-248 to 135)

-66 (-249 to 134)

-125 (-300 to 60)

-123 (-295 to 72)

Prim. healthcare costs

919 (60)

875 (70)

824 (61)

-44 (-221 to 143)

-41 (-214 to 147)

-96 (-259 to 81)

-89 (-251 to 97)

Sec. healthcare costs

129 (13)

109 (10)

100 (10)

-21 (-53 to 9)

-24 (-59 to 7)

-29 (-62 to 6)

-33 (-68 to -2)

Absenteeism costs

22719 (1119)

20413 (1139)

19744 (1039)

-2306 (-5323 to 789)

-2062 (-4924 to 796)

-2975 (-6009 to -85)

-2194 (-4762 to 501)

Productivity losses of unpaid work

1577 (292)

1075 (297)

971 (212)

-529 (-1289 to – 318)

-522 (-1301 to -316)

-606 (-1340 to 61)

-619 (-1343 to 27)

Total societal costs

25345 (1226)

22524 (1229)

21716 (1103)

-2821 (-6084 to 579)

-2594 (-5733 to 497)

-3628 (-6911 to -488)

-2858 (-5701 to 55)

  1. Total values are depicted in bold font
  2. UC usual case management, MI motivational interviewing, SVAI stratified vocational advice intervention, SEM standard error of the mean, CI Confidence Interval
  3. aComparisons were adjusted for sex, age, BMI, smoking, education level and physical activity