Table 3 Factors associated with health care costs and total costs
Health care costs | Total costs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | p-value | Coefficient | p-value | |
Age | ||||
<50 years (reference) | ||||
50+ years | 0.52 | 0.03 | NS | |
Place of injury | ||||
Home or outdoor leisure (reference) | ||||
At work | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.06 |
Labour market activity | ||||
Full time working or not in labour market (reference) | ||||
Partially active | 0.66 | 0.04 | NS | |
DASH value before injury | NS | −0.04 | 0.07 | |
EQ-5D at 12 months | NS | −1.05 | 0.01 | |
Constant | 9.40 | <0.01 | 11.58 | <0.01 |
Adjusted R-square | 0.18 | 0.24 | ||
N | 45 | 41 |