Total (n = 23) | Without Carer (n = 13) | With Carer (n = 10) | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Health Care Costs | ||||||
Medication | 6,667 | 9,206 | 9,105 | 11,060 | 3,496 | 4,931 |
Tests | 2,493 | 2,662 | 3,114 | 3,335 | 1,686 | 1,101 |
Outpatient and primary health care visits | 4,169 | 3,206 | 3,718 | 3,355 | 4,754 | 3,074 |
Acute hospitalisation | 1,047 | 2,962 | 1,451 | 3,894 | 522 | 826 |
Devices | 114 | 162 | 100 | 131 | 132 | 201 |
Health care transportation | 19 | 92 | 33 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal | 14,508 | 14,877 | 17,523 | 18,331 | 10,590 | 7,926 |
Non-Health Care Costs | ||||||
Social services | 50 | 241 | 89 | 320 | 0 | 0 |
Professional carer | 597 | 2,546 | 0 | 0 | 1,372 | 3,830 |
Non-health care transportation | 75 | 143 | 59 | 146 | 96 | 145 |
Caregiver time costs (informal care) | 7,601 | 18,703 | 0 | 0 | 17,481 | 25,751 |
Main caregivers | 5,661 | 11,722 | 0 | 0 | 13,020 | 15,147 |
Secondary caregivers | 1,940 | 9,027 | 0 | 0 | 4,462 | 13,663 |
Subtotal | 8,323 | 18,665 | 148 | 338 | 18,950 | 25,089 |
Total Direct Costs (Health Care Costs & Non-Health Care Costs) | 22,831 | 24,728 | 17,671 | 18,550 | 29,540 | 30,862 |
Productivity Loss | ||||||
Sick leave | 190 | 513 | 240 | 600 | 125 | 395 |
Early retirement | 8,525 | 14,673 | 7,542 | 14,332 | 9,804 | 15,786 |
Subtotal | 8,715 | 14,566 | 7,782 | 14,636 | 9,929 | 15,705 |
TOTAL COSTS | 31,546 | 28,568 | 25,452 | 27,146 | 39,469 | 29,817 |