Table 3 Costs, use of care and QALYs, during the 12-month study for the intervention, control groups

Health sector

Costs (in €) of in and outpatient care

Inpatient care costs in €, mean (SD)

9,319 (26,408)

4196 (6,738)

0.097

Outpatient care costs in €, mean (SD)

2,560 (2,388)

2656 (6,738)

0.800

Total costs in €, mean (SD)

11,880 (27,832)

6853 (7,585)

0.124

Other sectors

Use of municipal home services, mean (SD)

 Hours of help with IADL

20.9 (48.7)

14.9 (29.2)

0.363

 Hours of help with PADL

13.7 (36.3)

15.0 (52.7)

0.866

 Hours of help at night

2.7 (14.6)

1.9 (7.9)

0.660

 Help with IADL

633 (1,450)

462 (915)

0.389

 Help with PADL

593 (1,551)

666 (2,414)

0.822

 Help at night

114 (615)

82 (346)

0.693

Total for municipal care

1645 (3,473)

1671 (3,310)

0.961

Use of municipal home care, mean (SD)

 Hours of municipal home care: daytime

15.3 (55.8)

10.4 (34.4)

0.512

 Hours of municipal home care: evening

1.1 (6.8)

3.1 (11.0)

0.194

 Hours of municipal home care: at night

0.3 (2.9)

0.0 (0.0)

0.339

Costs (in €) of municipal home care, mean (SD)

 Municipal home care: daytime

355 (1,318)

241 (796)

0.523

 Municipal home care: evening

24 (143)

67 (237)

0.182

 Municipal home care: night

7 (61)

0 (1)

0.340

Total for municipal home care

385 (1,375)

307 (906)

0.683

Intervention costs (in €), mean (SD)

3516 (0)

NA

NA

Participant and family

Use of informal care, mean (SD)

 Hours of help with IADL

200 (324)

333 (445)

0.037

 Hours of help with PADL

23 (128)

64 (390)

0.374

Costs (in €) of informal care, mean (SD)

 Help with IADL

3,927 (6,361)

6,550 (8,754)

0.037

 Help with PADL

457 (2,506)

1,265 (7,676)

0.374

Total for informal care

4,383 (8,311)

7,815 (14,486)

0.079

Patient fees, mean (SD)

111 (62)

115 (57)

0.651

Total costs (in €), mean (SD)

21,920 (32,936)

16,762 (17,064)

0.235

QALY

EQ-5D based, mean (SD)

0.61 (0.25)

0.60 (0.23)

0.801

EQ-VAS based, mean (SD)

0.61 (0.17)

0.63 (0.12)

0.401