Mean (standard deviation) total costs () and differences in mean total costs (95% confidence intervals)* during follow up of 52 weeks for three interventions for neck pain
| Mean (SD) total costs | Difference in mean (95% CI) total costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs | Manual therapy (n=60) | Physiotherapy (n=59) | General practitioner care (n=64) | Manual therapy v general practitioner care | Manual therapy v physiotherapy | Physiotherapy v general practitioner care |
| Direct healthcare costs | 222 (141) | 390 (353) | 316 (473) | -94 (−342 to −9) | -168 (−264 to −84) | 74 (−83 to 196) |
| Direct non-healthcare costs | 50 (139) | 127 (509) | 74 (213) | -24 (−95 to 34) | -77 (−315 to 7) | 53 (−41 to 262) |
| Total direct costs | 271 (222) | 517 (677) | 390 (544) | -119 (−290 to −4) | -246 (−498 to −115) | 127 (−79 to 352) |
| Indirect costs | 177 (447) | 780 (2999) | 989 (2788) | -812 (−1998 to −280) | -603 (−2076 to −116) | -209 (−921 to 1245) |
| Total costs | 447 (525) | 1297 (3475) | 1379 (3104) | -932 (−1932 to −283) | -850 (−2258 to −239) | -82 (−1063 to 1446) |
1.00=£0.60, $0.90.
↵* 95% confidence interval obtained by bias corrected and accelerated bootstrapping.