From: Societal costs of non-cardiac chest pain compared with ischemic heart disease - a longitudinal study
Cost per patient of acute myocardial infarction (n = 51) | ||||||
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Primary care and out-patient clinics | Hospital care | Total annual direct costs | ||||
Cost per patient, | Cost per patient, | Cost per patient, | Cost per patient, | Cost per patient, | Cost per patient, | |
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | |
Hospital care including nursing/caring staff and premises costs* | 0 | 0 | 3685 | 671 | 3685 | 671 |
Staff and treatment□ | 865 | 1324 | 2237 | 343 | 3101 | 1667 |
Medical service‡ | 287 | 483 | 8131 | 1610 | 8418 | 2092 |
Drugs, materials and medical devices | 603 | 912 | 780 | 157 | 1383 | 1069 |
Administrative contacts† | 66 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 82 |
Overhead costs and other | 203 | 311 | 1548 | 322 | 1751 | 634 |
Total cost | 2024 | 3112 | 16,387 | 3103 | 18,411 | 6215 |