Mean (SD) costs (€, 2007) per patient for new care method and usual care method patients
| Cost category | New care method (n=695) | Usual care method (n=832) | Mean difference (95% CI*) |
| Medical costs | 207 (427) | 274 (526) | −67 (−113 to −20) |
| Diagnostic interventions | 41 (112) | 51 (115) | −10 (−21 to 1) |
| Radiology | 28 (64) | 38 (83) | −10 (−18 to −3) |
| Clinical chemistry | 5 (26) | 5 (20) | 1 (−2 to 3) |
| Other | 8 (42) | 8 (41) | −0 (−4 to 6) |
| Treatment interventions | 84 (300) | 124 (430) | −39 (−81 to −6) |
| Surgery/traumatology | 41 (114) | 73 (166) | −31 (−47 to −19) |
| Operating rooms | 4 (46) | 9 (115) | −5 (−17 to 1) |
| Other | 39 (205) | 42 (192) | −3 (−21 to 19) |
| Costs of treatment after discharge | 30 (64) | 35 (62) | −6 (−12 to 1) |
| Treatment time (doctors) | 51 (53) | 64 (53) | −13 (−18 to −7) |
| Process time costs | 10 (8) | 14 (8) | −4 (−4 to −3) |
| Total costs | 217 (431) | 288 (529) | −71 (−121 to −23) |
↵* 95% CIs obtained by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping with 5000 replications.