Table 1 The items of resource use, their unit costs, amount of resource use, mean costs (standard deviations) and associated total costs based on the subjects for whom the resource use data were available
VariableDescriptionUnit cost (€)Total usage (number of visits)Mean (SD) costs (€)
Intervention (n = 134)Control (n = 138)Intervention (n = 134)Control (n = 138)
UH_daysNumber of in-patient days at university hospital636.12924138 (695)111 (420)
OHC_docDoctor visits in occupational health care (OHC)41.2419495129 (128)148 (156)
UH_OCVisits at outpatient clinic in a university hospital202.86947104 (185)69 (126)
CH_daysNumber of in-patient days at central hospital451.6263588 (438)115 (578)
CH_OCVisits at outpatient clinic in a central hospital183.2493067 (363)40 (220)
Oth_physPhysiotherapist visits outside OHC30.027223661 (75)51 (92)
OHC_nurNurse visits in OHC22.729623550 (93)39 (60)
OHC_physPhysiotherapist visits in OHC49.713412350 (194)44 (121)
Rehab_daysNumber of in-patient days at rehabilitation112.7556946 (274)56 (323)
RH_OCVisits at outpatient clinic in a regional hospital179.8295339 (214)69 (145)
PH_daysNumber of in-patient days at private hospital510.29134 (355)4 (43)
PH_GPGeneral practitioner visits in public healthcare65.6677633 (80)36 (66)
Oth_ConsVisits at other private consultant79.6445326 (64)31 (101)
OrthopVisits at private orthopaedic consultant121.0263223 (82)28 (117)
OHC_otherVisits at other healthcare professionals in OHC33.9604615 (70)11 (44)
RH_daysNumber of in-patient days at regional hospital400.252415 (91)70 (407)
PH_nurNurse visits in public healthcare30.536468 (25)10 (55)
Priv_GPGeneral practitioner visits in private healthcare57.918368 (40)15 (51)
CHCW_daysNumber of in-patient days at community health centre148.0607 (77)0 (0)
MHCVisits at mental health clinic108.18106 (47)8 (28)
Oth_OCVisits at other hospital outpatient clinics191.2436 (211)4 (212)
Tel_advTelephone health advice17.438835 (20)10 (26)
UH_nNumber of visits at university hospital30.919204 (20)4 (17)
CH_nNumber of visits at central hospital30.918174 (22)4 (14)
PsychVisits at private psychiatrist or psychologist88.16754 (39)48 (453)
RH_nNumber of visits at regional hospital30.99342 (14)8 (46)
Rehab_nNumber of visits at in-house rehabilitation centre13.29151 (4)1 (12)
OthH_nNumber of visits at other hospital6.0720 (3)0 (1)
PH_nNumber of visits at private hospital13.2130 (1)0 (2)
OthH_daysNumber of in-patient days at other hospitals510.2040 (0)15 (137)
CHCW_nNumber of visits at community health centre ward6.0010 (0)0 (1)
Mean direct total cost9741049
Total costs130469144741
  • The source for the unit costs was Hujanen5 for all other items except Kansaneläkelaitos6 for “Rehab_days”. The unit costs are expressed in euros at the 2004 price level.