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Table 2 Other medical costs considered in the model

From: Ranolazine for the symptomatic treatment of patients with chronic angina pectoris in Greece: a cost-utility study

Medical cost for 6-month period

Angina frequency

Hospitalization cost (€)a

Outpatient visits cost (€)b

Cost of laboratory tests (€)c

Cost of diagnostic tests (€)c

Minimal

226.67

7

7.93

40.72

Mild

453.33

9.17

9.41

64.55

Moderate

566.67

19.33

21.78

97.02

Severe

2450.83

31.33

40.29

123.79

  1. aOfficial source: Based in local expert’s opinion and DRG such as K36X (€ 340) and K36M (€ 865) , DRG cost were obtained from FEK 9468/27-3-12
  2. bOfficial source: This cost was obtained by combining of the resources (average of number of visits and % of patients), as they provided by the local expert’s opinion with the corresponding unit costs obtained from government gazette (FEK A’262/16-12-2011)
  3. cOfficial source: The cost assigned was calculated based on resources used such as average of number of tests and % of patients). These resources were obtained from the local expert’s opinion and these resources were combined with the related unit costs obtained from official site of EOPYY