Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses of hospital-based home care compared to hospital-based care for children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; a randomised controlled trial; results after two years’ follow-up

Table 9 Extended analysis of loss of production including parents’ number of days absent from work and the unit cost per day, during the period 0–24 months from diagnosis

Students’ T-test	n^a	Mean	SD	Significance
Parents’ number of days absent from work
Comparisons between groups
Both genders
Control group	169	8.01	11.92
Intervention group	173	8.01	11.33	0.996
Mothers
Control group	90	10.71	13.84
Intervention group	90	8.26	11.42	0.196
Fathers
Control group	79	4.92	8.33
Intervention group	83	7.75	11.29	0.071
Comparisons between genders
Both groups
Mothers	180	9.48	12.71
Fathers	162	6.37	10.03	0.012
Control group
Mothers	90	10.71	13.84
Fathers	79	4.92	8.33	0.001
Intervention group
Mothers	90	8.26	11.42
Fathers	83	7.75	11.29	0.796
Unit costs per day (SEK)
Comparison between groups
Both genders
Control group	169	2855	1615
Intervention group	173	2542	2271	0.143
Comparisons between genders
Both groups
Mothers	180	2150	936
Fathers	162	3304	2570	0.000
Control group
Mothers	90	2409	1119
Fathers	79	3363	1924	0.000
Intervention group
Mothers	90	1891	612
Fathers	83	3248	3072	0.000

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^aThe parents included in the analysis represent the parents of totally 60 children, who were asked for information of absent from work and income for each of the four follow-up periods

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