Cumulative mean costs (€) for patients with a recent manifestation of vascular disease during trial
| Intervention | Usual care | Difference (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical costs | ||||
| Consultation | ||||
| General practitioner | 151 | 142 | 9 | |
| Complementary medicine practitioner | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| Paramedic healthcare professional | 192 | 294 | −102 | |
| Specialist | 353 | 333 | 20 | |
| Inpatient hospital days | ||||
| University hospital | 249 | 935 | −685 | |
| General hospital | 421 | 462 | −41 | |
| Medication | 451 | 464 | −13 | |
| Internet-based vascular risk factor management programme | 220 | 0 | 220 | |
| Subtotal | 2052 | 2635 | −583 | (−1682 to 308) |
| Direct non-medical costs | ||||
| Visits | ||||
| General practitioner | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Complementary medicine practitioner | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paramedic healthcare professional | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| Specialist | 22 | 20 | 1 | |
| Inpatient hospital | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
| Subtotal | 32 | 38 | −6 | (−17 to 6) |
| Indirect non-medical costs | ||||
| Absence from paid work | 2289 | 1675 | 614 | |
| Reduced productivity at paid work | 326 | 566 | −240 | |
| Absence from unpaid work | 159 | 164 | −4 | |
| Subtotal | 2775 | 2405 | 370 | (−1363 to 2276) |
| Total costs | 4859 | 5078 | −219 | (−2301 to 1825) |