Cost-effectiveness analysis of systematic fast-track transition from oncological treatment to specialised palliative care at home for patients and their caregivers: the DOMUS trial

Table 3 Healthcare costs for patients and caregivers over 6-months, in 2016€s

Patients
	Control (N = 159) Mean (SD)	Intervention (N = 161) Mean (SD)	p value⁴
Hospitals¹	€1366 (2485)	€2727 (3208)	< 0.001
Public health insurance^1,2	€225 (303)	€214 (361)	0.779
Total¹	€1590 (2425)	€2941 (3267)	< 0.001
Home care nursing³	€403 (996)	€578 (997)	0.270
Home care (personal care and practical help)³	€697 (1986)	€357 (1412)	0.209
Total³	€2519 (3284)	€4132 (3870)	0.005
Caregivers
	Control (N = 109) Mean (SD)	Intervention (N = 126) Mean (SD)	p value⁴
Hospitals¹	€100 (325)	€282 (869)	0.043
Public health insurance^1,2	€164 (164)	€229 (303)	0.044
Total¹	€264 (373)	€512 (932)	0.010

Note: ¹January 2013 to December 2016, N = 320 patients and N = 235 informal caregivers; ²This includes general practitioners, private medical specialists, physiotherapists, dentists, psychologists, and chiropodists; ³ January 2013 to June 2015, N = 160 patients, meaning that costs of hospitals and public health insurance are calculated for another period than the reported; ⁴p value marked in bold indicate that the difference between the two groups are significant on the 95% level
Source: DOMUS trial data and administrative data from Statistic Denmark and the National eHealth Authority

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