Table 5 Matching criteria to extract 10 controls for each participant of the intervention
Criteria | Tolerance |
|---|---|
Co-morbidity: Quantity of hierarchical ordered morbidity groups in the previous year | 0 |
Osteoarthritis of the hip or knee joint in the previous year: yes/no | 0 |
Participation in a special general practitioner care program (“Hausarztzentrierte Versorgung”): yes/no | 0 |
Routine data: Age (years), gender, type of insurance (compulsorily insured, family insured, pensioner, unemployed), complexity of work (from 1 = low to 4 = high), level of education (1 = no graduation to 4 = High School), highest level of educational attainment (from 1 = no qualification to 6 = doctoral degree), contractual form (permanent/fixed term contract, full time/part time) | 0 |
Joint replacement in the last 24 month prior t0 at the hip and/or knee joint(s): yes/no | 0 |
Sum of unspecific health care costs (overall costs) in the last 24 month prior t0: Sick-pay, hospital costs, out-patient costs, costs related to periods of disability and costs related to drugs, physical modalities and adjuvants. | +/− 100 EUR |
Sum of unspecific health care costs (overall costs) in the last 6 month prior t0 (tm6): Sick-pay, hospital costs, out-patient costs, costs related to periods of disability and costs related to drugs, physical modalities and adjuvants. | +/− 100 EUR |
Sum of specific diagnosis (hip/knee OA) related health care costs in the last 24 month prior t0: Sick-pay, hospital costs, out-patient costs, costs related to periods of disability and costs related to disease related drugs, physical modalities and adjuvants such as walkers, cranks or orthotics. | +/− 100 EUR |
Sum of specific diagnosis (hip/knee OA) related health care costs in the last 6 month prior t0 (tm6): Sick-pay, hospital costs, out-patient costs, costs related to periods of disability and costs related to disease related drugs, physical modalities and adjuvants such as walkers, cranks or orthotics. | +/− 100 EUR |
Disability days in the last 24 month prior t0 (tm24) | +/− 1 Day |
Disability days in the last 6 month prior t0 (tm6) | +/− 1 Day |
Specific disability days (hip/knee OA) days in the last 24 month prior t0 (tm24) | +/− 1 Day |
Specific disability days (hip/knee OA) in the last 6 month prior t0 (tm6) | +/− 1 Day |