Cost of the intervention and 180 days healthcare costs per patient
| Costs (2018-€) | Intervention group (n=300) | Historical control group (n=580) | Mean difference* (bootstrapped 95% CI) | |||
| Mean costs per patient (SD) | Mean costs per patient (SD) | |||||
| High risk (n=96) | Intermediate risk (n=174) | Low risk (n=30) | Total intervention group | |||
| Intervention | 194 (98) | 165 (62) | 137 (84) | 171 (79) | – | 171 (162 to 180) |
| Cardiac readmissions | 630 (2021) | 736 (2930) | 82 (251) | 637 (2512) | 1540 (4692) | −903 (−1385 to −421) |
| Emergency room visits | 14 (47) | 13 (40) | 14 (42) | 13 (42) | 21 (58) | −8 (−14 to −1) |
| Outpatient consultations | 212 (189) | 165 (159) | 168 (203) | 181 (174) | 178 (149) | 2 (−21 to 25) |
| General practitioner | 278 (212) | 283 (226) | 289 (230) | 282 (221) | 337 (247) | −55 (−88 to −24) |
| Total costs | 1328 (2106) | 1362 (2975) | 690 (463) | 1284 (3028) | 2077 (4773) | −793 (−1279 to −306) |
*Comparison of mean costs per patient in the total intervention and control group, reported as mean differences and 95% CI based on non-parametric bootstrap (5000 bootstraps).