Table 5 Mean costs (€) and standard deviations in patients with persistent symptoms versus those in recovered patients after 6 and 26 weeks (n = 492)
From: Costs of shoulder pain in primary care consulters: a prospective cohort study in The Netherlands
week 1–6 | week 1–26 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Persistent symptoms | Recovered | Persistent symptoms | Recovered | |
Direct health care costs | 82 ± 71 | 48 ± 49 | 206 ± 301 | 107 ± 133 |
Direct non-health care costs | 37 ± 115 | 20 ± 82 | 133 ± 316 | 70 ± 274 |
Total direct costs | 120 ± 144 | 68 ± 98 | 339 ± 477 | 177 ± 325 |
Indirect costs | 208 ± 727 | 127 ± 679 | 628 ± 2049 | 279 ± 1458 |
Total costs | 328 ± 780 | 195 ± 696 | 966 ± 2334 | 457 ± 1573 |