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Table 2 Average annual costs per JIA patient (2012, in €)

From: Socioeconomic costs and health-related quality of life in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cost-of-illness study in the United Kingdom

 

Total (n = 23)

Without Carer (n = 13)

With Carer (n = 10)

 

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