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Table 2 The direct costs of MS (mean annual cost per patient per year, in euros).

From: Direct and indirect costs of Multiple Sclerosis in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), according to disability

EDSS

0

1–3

3.5–5.5

6–7

>7.5

 

• Medical visits in hospital, due to MS

124

198

262.9

238.7

157.6

204.4

Medical visits in hospital, due to related diseases

10.4

33.7

01.1

78

03

43.2

• Complementary tests in hospital, due to MS

10.3

160.6

29.1

436.4

8.5

130.8

Complementary tests in hospital, due to related diseases

14.5

10.0

10

05.2

33.0

24.5

• Visits to General Practitioner, due to MS

0

93.5

173.2

26.7

206.7

100.1

• Hospitalization, due to MS

0

29.4

42.7

123

135.8

42.6

• Ambulance displacements, due to MS

0

21.9

0

330.5

170.3

49.2

• Taxi displacements, due to MS

0

52.5

196.8

27.5

70.9

75.7

• Home adaptations, due to MS

0

237.4

838.3

2071.3

7188

874.3

• Car adaptations, due to MS

0

56

285.7

705.9

1272.3

220

• Workplace adaptations, due to MS

0

50.2

35.2

240.6

269.1

69.5

• Rehabilitation, due to MS

0

368.2

1077.2

1201.8

796

569.2

• Pharmacological treatment, due to MS

20.6

39.8

81

44.6

66.2

48.1

Pharmacological treatment, due to related diseases

32.8

107.3

244.7

277.5

300.4

201.3

Informal care, due to MS

1069

1856

5456

11555

22164

4831

   informal care, when replacement costs vary

030–2122

1114–3713

3273–10011

0033–23111

13208–44328

2898–9661

IMMUNOMODULATORY treatment, due to MS

6785

8815

9921

6584

4150

8377

Total direct costs, due to MS

8009

11979

18399

23587

36656

15591

Total directcosts, due to related diseases

07

242

325

451

400

269

TOTAL DIRECT COSTS

8706

12221

18724

24037

37062

15860

Total directcosts IT Informal care value = 30% MHW

8273

11479

16541

19415

28196

13927

Total directcosts IT Informal care value = 100% MHW

9759

14078

24179

35593

59226

20690

% of overall costs of MS attributable to direct costs

61

65

66

58

70

65

  1. Each column reflects the data obtained from 5 different groups of patients, classified according to thier EDSS stage. The last column shows data calculated from the whole sample. A sensitivity analysis was performed, by varying the replacement costs used to value informal care (taken as either 30% or 100% of the minimun hourly wage [MHW])