Table 6.

Mean costs of healthcare consumption during 9 months’ followup per patient (€). Boldface indicates significant difference.

Cost Components	UC Group, n = 96	SRN Group, n = 97	Difference (95% UI)^*
Healthcare consumption
Total costs diagnostic process	287	223	−64 (−103 to −26)
Total GP contacts	123	83	−40 (−76 to −1)
Outpatient specialist care contacts (excluding contacts in Table 2)	103	63	−40 (−79 to 0)
Therapist contacts	436	355	−81 (−224 to 70)
Prescribed medications	148	115	−33 (−80 to 7)
OTC medications	30	24	−6 (−20 to 8)
Multidisciplinary day care	98	62	−36 (−169 to 82)
Patient and family costs
Home help (paid/unpaid)	295	216	−79 (−276 to 109)
Meal provision	15	16	1 (−12 to 20)
Expenses for health activities	82	118	36 (−6 to 86)
Expenses for medical aids	19	19	0 (−20 to 23)
Total costs (excluding absenteeism from work)	1644^**	1298^**	−346 (−746 to −2)
Absenteeism from work (HClim)	3674	2565	−1109 (−3581 to 1094)
Total societal costs	5293^**	3853^**	−1440 (−3721 to 577)

↵* UI: uncertainty interval based on boostrap replications.
↵** Total costs deviate from the sum of cost items because of boostrap random variation. UC: usual care; SRN: specialized rheumatology nurses; GP: general practitioner; OTC: over the counter; HClim: human capital limited approach.