Cost-effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing in child welfare: a controlled study

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Table 5 Results of the cost-effectiveness analyses – FGC versus CAU

	T4 – 6 months after						T5–12 months after
	ICER	CE-plane (%)				ICEA curve in %^a	ICER	CE-plane (%)				ICEA curve in %^a
Indications of child maltreatment		NE	NW	SW	SE			NE	NW	SW	SE
FGC total	Inferior	33	49	10	8	18–20	Inferior	25	45	18	12	29–28
FGC – dropped out in referral phase	Dominant	22	4	14	60	74–86	€371.011,-	0	2	58	40	98–95
FGC – dropped out after informative meeting	€41.891,33	4	7	57	32	89–77	€107.724,-	7	26	31	36	67–65
FGC – dropped out in preparation phase	Inferior	19	82	0	0	0–0	Inferior	26	73	1	0	1–1
FGC – completed with conference	Inferior	2	93	5	0	5–0	Inferior	29	71	0	0	1–0
Empowerment
FGC total	€5.743,75	78	2	0	21	21–70	€28.337,50	53	22	8	18	26–36
FGC – dropped out in referral phase	Dominant	26	0	0	74	74–100	Dominant	2	1	34	64	98–95
FGC – dropped out after informative meeting	Dominant	12	0	0	88	88–100	Dominant	33	1	6	61	66–86
FGC – dropped out in preparation phase	Inferior	51	49	0	0	0–0	€263.945,25	63	36	0	0	1–1
FGC – completed with conference	Inferior	12	81	5	1	6–5	Inferior	46	54	0	0	1–1
Social support
FGC total	€12.371,15	66	12	4	19	23–46	€13.335,29	71	3	2	25	26–46
FGC – dropped out in referral phase	Dominant	22	3	18	57	75–86	Dominant	2	0	10	88	98–100
FGC – dropped out after informative meeting	Dominant	13	0	1	86	87–99	Dominant	34	0	1	66	66–91
FGC – dropped out in preparation phase	€78.686,21	89	12	0	0	0–0	€42.231,24	99	0	0	1	1–4
FGC – completed with conference	€127.668,-	55	39	2	3	5–21	€261.985,40	75	24	0	0	0–0

Notes. ^aChance of cost-effectiveness for FGC compared to CAU without additional investments and with investment of 10.000 euro. ICER Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio, CE-plane Cost-Effectiveness plane, ICEA Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curve, Dominant: Lower costs and larger effects for FGC compared to CAU; Inferior: Higher costs and smaller effects for FGC compared to CAU

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