[Dissemination of Patient Education in the Rehabilitation of Chronic Back Pain - Cost Analysis of a Program Implementation].

The aim of the project is a cost analysis of 2 different strategies "train-the-trainer-seminar" (ttt-seminar) and "implementation guideline" (ig) in the implementation of a standardised patient education program in the inpatient rehabilitation of patients with chronic back pain. The implementation strategies were assigned by chance to 10 rehabilitation clinics. Expenditure of time was evaluated by questionnaire. Additionally materials and travel expenses were calculated. The total implementation costs accounted 4 582 € for the ttt-seminar and were about one third (35%) higher than the costs for the ig-strategy. The higher total implementation costs can basically be attributed to higher personnel costs due to the time-consuming seminar. However, in the ig-strategy postprocessing costs were 23.5% higher than in the ttt-strategy.
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