Total (n = 74) | With carer (n = 33) | Without carer (n = 41) | |||||||
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Mean | ±SD | Median | Mean | ±SD | Median | Mean | ±SD | Median | |
Direct Health Care Costs | |||||||||
Prescription medication | 7,053.3 | (4,737.1) | 9,233.3 | 7,737.3 | (4,619.3) | 9,795.4 | 6,502.8 | (4,815.3) | 8,498.5 |
Tests | 2,865.3 | (4,463.7) | 1,547.8 | 2,447.5 | (4,124.2) | 1,000.3 | 3,201.5 | (4,742.9) | 1,866.0 |
Outpatient & primary health care visits | 3,823.3 | (4,214.8) | 2,513.7 | 4,224.1 | (5,136.4) | 2,526.5 | 3,500.7 | (3,328.0) | 2,454.2 |
Acute hospitalisation | 6,759.1 | (12,532.9) | 802.8 | 9,208.4 | (15,590.6) | 3,211.4 | 4,787.7 | (9,125.3) | 0 |
Medical devices | 287.8 | (878.8) | 98.7 | 271.2 | (1,007.8) | 98.7 | 301.3 | (772.3) | 98.7 |
Health care transportation | 64.9 | (506.4) | 0 | 131.6 | (755.7) | 0 | 11.3 | (67.8) | 0 |
Subtotal | 20,853.7 | (21,336.6) | 15,247.4 | 24,020.0 | (26,057.9) | 15,756.2 | 18,305.2 | (16,513.4) | 14,282.2 |
Direct Non Health Care Costs | |||||||||
Non-health care transportation | 34.7 | (55.6) | 15.5 | 29.6 | (32.1) | 17.3 | 38.8 | (69.2) | 13.8 |
Social services | 46.8 | (298.4) | 0 | 35 | (200.9) | 0 | 56.3 | (360.6) | 0 |
Caregiver time costs (informal care) | 21,446.6 | (34,034.7) | 0 | 48,092.4 | (36,345.7) | 38,047.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Main caregivers | 16,323.2 | (23,713.8) | 0 | 36,603.5 | (22,744.6) | 34,831.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Secondary caregivers | 5,123.4 | (14,701.3) | 0 | 11,488.8 | (20,435.9) | 1,286.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal | 21,528.1 | (34,020.5) | 123.4 | 48,156.9 | (36,336.1) | 38,047.1 | 95.1 | (366.5) | 13.8 |
Total Direct Costs (Direct Health Care Costs & Direct Non Health Care Costs) | 42,381.8 | (41,307.4) | 28,254.6 | 72,176.9 | (43,522.5) | 65,806.9 | 18,400.4 | (16,635.9) | 14,370.3 |
Loss of Labour Productivity | |||||||||
Sick leave | 1,805.2 | (7,264.1) | 0 | 132.4 | (760.4) | 0 | 3,151.7 | (9,574.4) | 0 |
Early retirement | 4,416.3 | (11,248.8) | 0 | 3,961.3 | (10,831.6) | 0 | 4,782.6 | (11,694.5) | 0 |
Subtotal | 6,221.6 | (12,772.6) | 0 | 4,093.7 | (10,808.3) | 0 | 7,934.3 | (14,054.6) | 0 |
TOTAL COSTS | 48,603.4 | (43,789.6) | 34,883.3 | 76,270.6 | (46,073.4) | 70,640.8 | 26,334.6 | (25,719.2) | 16,591.4 |