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Table 3 Inpatient costs

From: The STAR care pathway for patients with chronic pain after total knee replacement: four-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

 

Usual Care

Intervention

Intervention-Usual Care

Variable

N

Mean

[95% CI]

N

Mean

[95% CI]

Mean diff.

[95% CI]

Costs of Day case admissions

STAR (0–1 year)

110

32

(-23, 87)

227

72

(33,110)

40

(-28, 107)

STAR FU (1–4 Years)

110

287

(160, 414)

227

153

(74, 231)

-135

(-287, 17)

4 Year Total (0–4 Years)

110

319

(180, 458)

227

224

(137, 312)

-95

(-262, 72)

Costs of Short stay admissions (< 2 days)

STAR (0–1 year)

110

119

(49, 189)

227

41

(-8, 90)

-78

(-163, 8)

STAR FU (1–4 Years)

110

34

(-42, 110)

227

58

(0, 115)

24

(-72, 120)

4 Year Total (0–4 Years)

110

152

(46, 259)

227

99

(22, 176)

-54

(-186, 78)

Costs of Long stay admissions (≥ 2 days)

STAR (0–1 year)

110

1133

(648, 1618)

227

396

(59,733)

-737

(-1328, -145)

STAR FU (1–4 Years)

110

2180

(629, 3730)

227

1841

(779, 2902)

-339

(-2235, 1557)

4 Year Total (0–4 Years)

110

3313

(1670, 4955)

227

2237

(1111, 3364)

-1075

(-3084, 933)

Total admission costs

STAR (0–1 year)

110

1283

(786, 1781)

227

509

(164,855)

-744

(-1381, -167)

STAR FU (1–4 Years)

110

2501

(921, 4081)

227

2051

(980, 3122)

-450

(-2379, 1479)

4 Year Total (0–4 Years)

110

3784

(2106, 5462)

227

2560

(1419, 3701)

-1224

(-3272, 825)