Tertiary Unit (n=407) Secondary Unit (n=407)
P value
Total cost/patient (\euro), mean ± SD 577.5 ± 219.6 394.7 ± 92.58 0.0559
Total cost/visit (\euro), mean ± SD 182.8 ± 41.47 184.6 ± 29.41 0.9056
Direct costs/patient (\euro)
Mean ± SD 459.8 ± 183.2 321.7 ± 85.05 0.0750
Percentage contribution to mean total cost/patient, mean (95% confidence interval [95% CI])
79.13 [77.12-81.14]
81.15 [77.53-84.76]
0.3327
Structural costs/patient (\euro)
Mean ± SD 67.78 ± 19.17 60.51 ± 16.18 0.4793
Percentage contribution to mean total cost/patient, mean [95% CI]
12.28 [10.05-14.51]
15.57 [12.24-18.90]
0.1285
Indirect costs/patient (\euro)
Mean ± SD 49.93 ± 19.90 12.42 ± 2.344 0.0018
Percentage contribution to mean total cost/patient, mean [95% CI]
8.595 [8.377-8.813]
3.284 [2.618-3.950]
<0.0001