Table 2 Annual costs (€) of psoriasis treatments per cost items for each treatment modality and to all patients (all treatment modalities were compared with the topical therapy group in statistical comparisons with the t test)
From: Treatment costs of psoriasis in a tertiary-level clinic
Topical therapy (n = 75) | Phototherapy (n = 63) | Traditional systemic therapy (n = 66) | Combination therapy (n = 17) | Biological therapy (n = 12) | All patients (n = 233) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phototherapy costs | 0 | 755.5§ | 0 | 764.6§ | 112.9§ | 265.9 |
Other outpatient costsa | 340.7 | 382.4 | 453.0 | 444.1 | 4350.1** | 468.8 |
Pathology costs | 16.0 | 11.4 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 36.0 | 66.2 |
Laboratory costs | 24.9 | 19.1 | 102.1*** | 71.7*** | 62.4* | |
Hospitalisation costs | 177.7 | 211.6 | 848.3 | 2509.2 | 4611.8* | 617.9 |
Total costs | 559.4 | 1381.3** | 1422.4 | 3807.5** | 6914.6*** | 1419.0 |