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
Costs
Mean (SD) total
costs
Difference in mean (95% CI) total 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.
)
and differences in mean total costs (95% confidence intervals)* during
follow up of 52 weeks for three interventions for neck
pain
94 (