Resource/type of cost | FMS patients n = 1,081 | Reference group n = 62,445 | Adjusted differences and/or odds ratio (95% CI) and P valuea |
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Mean annual use of health care and non-health care resources | |||
GP office visits | 13.5 (10.1) | 7.7 (8.2) | 5.0 (3.8–6.3); P < 0.001 |
Complementary testsb | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.2–0.4); P < 0.001 |
Referrals | 1.5 (1.6) | 0.8 (1.1) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8); P < 0.001 |
Emergency room visits | 0.6 (1.1) | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.2–0.4); P < 0.001 |
Hospitalizations, stays | 1.48 (0.79) | 1.47 (1.07) | 0.44 (-0.29–1.17); P = 0.239 |
Sick leave, days | 20.9 (57.2) | 8.0 (30.7) | 23.5 (18.3–28.7); P < 0.001 |
Premature retirement, %c | 29.9 | 9.5 | 3.58 (3.13–4.10); P < 0.001d |
Mean annualized costs in euros, total and disaggregated in components | |||
Health care costs | 1,677.3 (1,467.4) | 934.8 (1,390.2) | 613.6 (403.7–823.4); P < 0.001 |
Physician visitsb | 424.0 (304.7) | 233.5 (236.1) | 171.7 (134.7–208.7); P < 0.001 |
Complementary tests | 275.9 (282.8) | 126.6 (198.6) | 108.8 (77.2–140.3); P < 0.001 |
Hospitalizations | 268.6 (760.1) | 213.9 (783.9) | 101.7 (-27.1–230.5); P = 0.122 |
Drugs | 706.5 (840.8) | 359.7 (710.2) | 229.8 (124.1–335.4); P < 0.001 |
Non-health care costs | 6,977.0 (9,256.6) | 2,330.5 (6,100.9) | 4,396.5 (3,373.2–5,419.8); P < 0.001 |
Sick leave | 815.8 (2,565.3) | 376.0 (1,486.1) | 836.8 (587.1–1,086.5); P < 0.001 |
Early retirementc | 6,161.2 (9,442.8) | 1,954.5 (6,040.1) | 3,559.7 (2,547.8–4,571.6); P < 0.001 |
Total cost | 8,654.3 (9,645.7) | 3,265.3 (6,421.5) | 5,010.1 (3,494.0–6,076.2); P < 0.001 |