Table 3 The indirect costs of MS (the mean annual cost per patient per year, in euros).
EDSS | 0 | 1.5–3.0 | 3.5–5.5 | 6.0–7.0 | >7.5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Productivity losses in patients, due to: | ||||||
1) Short term sickness absences, because of MS/others | 902/0 | 1415/1155 | 1683/358 | 2113/0 | 0/0 | 1394/693 |
Sick leaves (number of days/year) because of MS | 6.04 | 13.48 | 16.3 | 21.47 | 0 | 13.15 |
Sick leaves (number of days/year) because of other reasons | 0.48 | 12.9 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 |
Work absences (number of hours/year) because of MS | 35.04 | 14.65 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
2) Long term sickness absences (change in work-status) | 4719 | 4046 | 7555 | 15048 | 15779 | 6326 |
% p. with premature work invalidity due to MS | 0 | 15 | 38 | 70 | 82 | 26.5 |
% p. with premature retirement due to MS | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
% p. with reduction of worktime hours due to MS | 4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
% p. who changes-adaptates their work-status to their MS | 13 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
% p. who do not change their work-status, despite their- MS | 4 | 9 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
TOTAL indirect costs due strictily to MS | 5621 | 5461 | 9238 | 17161 | 15779 | 7719 |
TOTAL INDIRECT costs (due to MS and related reasons) | 5621 | 6616 | 9596 | 17161 | 15779 | 8412 |
% of total costs of MS attributable to indirect costs | 39 | 35 | 34 | 42 | 30 | 35 |