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Table 4 Differences in costs between the Salut and the non-Salut areas, for the total sample and the longitudinal sample (in 2020 $US).

From: Health and economic outcomes of a universal early intervention for parents and children from birth to age five: evaluation of the Salut Programme using a natural experiment

  

Total sample (DinD)

Longitudinal sample (comparison of post measures only)

Group

Outcome

Mean (95% CI)

p-value

Mean (95% CI)

p-value

Mothers

Inpatient care

-1,002 (-5,797, 3,793)

> 0.05

5,989 (-2,471, 14,449)

> 0.05

 

Outpatient care

111 (-81, 304)

> 0.05

-483 (-1,217, 250)

> 0.05

 

Care of sick child

186 (-225, 597)

> 0.05

-757 (-1,966, 453)

> 0.05

 

Total

-705 (-5,552, 4,143)

> 0.05

1,685 (-14,008, 17,379)

> 0.05

Children

Inpatient care

2,775 (-2,213, 7,764)

> 0.05

-5,564 (-12,046, 918)

> 0.05

 

Outpatient care

7 (-171, 185)

> 0.05

-826 (-1,446, -206)

0.009

 

Total

2,782 (-2,604, 8,169)

> 0.05

-9,044 (-22,400, 4,311)

> 0.05

 

Overall total

2,078 (-5,113, 9,269)

> 0.05

-8,073 (-34,807, 18,660)

> 0.05