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Table 3 Utilization rates of interventions, mean intervention costs2 per person and the difference in mean costs.

From: The cost-effectiveness of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme for computer workers: Results of an economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial

Type of utilization

Intervention

(n = 320)

Usual care

(n = 318)

p-value

Intervention - Usual care

Difference in costs

Mean (95% CI)

RSI QuickScan3

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

100

100

  

- Mean costs

15.00

15.00

.

0

Occupational health physician

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

7.8

6.0

0.36

 

- Mean costs (SD)

5.90 (21.00)

4.40 (17.90)

 

1.50 (-1.53; 4.54)

Education on the Prevention

of RSI for Employees

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

26.3

0.3

0.00

 

- Mean costs (SD)

7.88 (13.22)

0.09 (1.68)

 

7.81 (6.31; 9.25)

RSI and Stress

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

24.1

1.9

0.00

 

- Mean costs (SD)

14.34 (32.99)

1.13 (10.04)

 

13.21 (9.42; 17.01)

Eyesight check

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

18.8

6.9

0.00

 

- Mean costs (SD)

3.75 (7.82)

1.38 (5.08)

 

2.37 (1.34; 3.39)

Individual Workstation Check

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

2.2

0.9

0.21

 

- Mean costs (SD)

11.34 (60.22)

6.23 (44.97)

 

5.12 (-3.15; 13.84)

Task analyses

    

- utilization rate (% yes)

1.3

0.0

0.05

 

- Mean costs (SD)

0.75 (6.68)

0.00 (0.00)

 

0.75 (0.02; 1.49)

  1. Utilization rates (%) of interventions, mean intervention costs2 per person and the difference in mean costs (€, 2006 values1) between the intervention and usual care groups during the 12-months follow-up period. 1 € = US $ 1.27; 2 prices according to the professional organisation (Occupational Health Service - Arbo Unie); 3 Since there is no variation in intervention costs within the groups, SDs and 95% confidence intervals can not be calculated.