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Table 7 Total costs per treatment arm for working patients only

From: Functional outcome and cost-effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic fields in the treatment of acute scaphoid fractures: a cost-utility analysis

 

Group A (Active PEMF) mean

Group B (Placebo) mean

Difference in costs [95% CI]

Total health care costs*

€1543

€840

€703 [637; 755]

Costs of productivity los

€1747

€1798

€-51 [-1119; 975]

Total societal costs***

€3305

€2634

€670 [-405; 1732]

  1. *Costs are denoted in Euro.
  2. **CI, confidence interval.
  3. ***Numbers do not exactly add up due to the bootstrap analysis.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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