Cost-benefit: amount of consequence of disease costs saved in each arm using the equation CB = SCDC − AIC, where SCDC is the saved consequence of disease costs against standard care and AIC is the additional intervention costs compared to standard care
| 1st year follow up | Mean 6.4 years follow up | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention costs | Additional intervention costs compared to standard care | Consequence of disease costs | Saved consequence of disease costs against standard care | Cost-benefit | Intervention costs | Additional intervention costs compared to standard care | Consequence of disease costs | Saved consequence of disease costs against standard care | Cost-benefit | |
| Standard care (n=26) | $2656 | $0 | $7133 | $0 | $0 | $9562 | $0 | $23517 | $0 | $0 |
| Clinical (n=31) | $5580 | $2924 | $6458 | $674 | −$2250 | $6857 | −$2704 | $10045 | $13472 | $16176 |
| Occupational (n=22) | $3040 | $384 | $6529 | $604 | $220 | $3432 | −$6130 | $12820 | $10697 | $16827 |
| Sherbrooke model (n=25) | $5622 | $2965 | $6515 | $618 | −$2348 | $7434 | −$2128 | $7060 | $16457 | $18585 |