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

Table 4 Mean costs for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs from a societal perspective.

Costs	Intervention (n = 320) Mean (SD)	Usual care (n = 318) Mean (SD)	Intervention - Usual care Difference in costs Mean (95% CI)²
Total intervention costs³	58.97 (84.74)	28.24 (56.11)	30.73 (18.78; 41.03)
Total non-health and health care costs⁴	107.85 (426.32) _________________+	107.49 (284.68) _________________+	0.36 (-60.77; 53.04) ____________________+
Total direct costs	166.82 (436.96)	135.73 (294.55)	31.08 (-22.02; 80.27)

Mean costs per person for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs (€, 2006 values¹) between both groups over 12 months. ¹ € = US $1.27; ² 95% confidence interval obtained by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping with 2000 replications; ³ prices according to the professional organisation (Occupational Health Service - Arbo Unie); 4 prices according to "Standardisation of costs: the Dutch manual for costing in economic evaluations", Oostenbrink, 2004

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