Table 2 |
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Incremental cost of the exercise programme compared to usual care |
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Concept |
Unita |
Over 8 months (€) |
Total (€) |
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Health system costs: |
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Personnel:b |
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Sport technician |
€ 9/h |
1,092 |
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Nurse |
€ 6.5/h |
788 |
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Insurances and prevention |
€ 350 |
350 |
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Facilities (renting pool and safeguards) |
€ 55/h |
5335 |
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Management |
€ 24/month |
192 |
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Medication (total health system perspective)c |
Drug price |
0 |
7,757 |
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Additional societal costs: |
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Time spent in therapy |
€ 2.15/h |
3,135 |
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Time spent in displacements and clothing |
€ 2.15/h |
3,135 |
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Travel costs (bus tickets) |
€ 0.5/ticket |
1,455 |
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Sub-total, societal additional costs |
7,725 |
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Total societal (additional costs and health system costs) |
15,482 |
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aPublic cost in € in 2005; bsalary over 8 months = number of units × 13 h/month × 9.33 monthly salaries; cno relevant incremental costs between groups were found. The weekly cost of medication increased € 5.4 from baseline in each group. |
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Gusi and Tomas-Carus Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:R24 doi:10.1186/ar2377 |
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