Cost-utility of medication withdrawal in older fallers: results from the improving medication prescribing to reduce risk of FALLs (IMPROveFALL) trial

Table 3 Mean costs per patient of the control and intervention group during 12 months follow-up

Cost categories	Control (n = 272)	Intervention (n = 308)	p-value
Intervention costs	-	120^†	*
General Practitioner consult costs	29	20	*
Specialist consult costs	51	40
Emergency Department costs	12	10
Hospital stay costs	360	383
Home care costs	662	630
Physical therapy costs	290	218
Intermediate care facility costs	220	74
Nursing home costs	424	156
Rehabilitation center costs	229	708
Patient costs (travel costs)	3	2
Change in medication costs^‡	−3	−38	*
Total costs	2285	2324

Data are given as mean values in euro (€).^†Average;* < 0.05
‡ The change in medication costs was reported, since the main aim of the intervention was to withdraw medication. The total costs of medication in general is related to the health state and comorbidity at start of the intervention and were highly driven by some outliers

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