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Table 4 Costs used in the model

From: Improving patient flow of people with rheumatoid arthritis has the potential to simultaneously improve health outcomes and reduce direct costs

Costs of Physician Visits

Weighted Tariff

GP visit

€27.83

Specialist visit

€31.15

Costs of Diagnostic Procedures

 Rheumatoid factor (RF)

€3.66

 C-reactive protein (CRP)

€3.70

 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

€1.84

 Antibodies against citrullinated protein/peptide antigens (ACPA)

€14.33

 Complete blood count (CBC)

€4.08

 Alanine Transaminase gamma (ALT)

€2.22

 Glutamyltransferase (GGT)

€2.64

 Uric acid (UA)

€2.67

 Creatinine (Crea)

€2.58