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Table 3 Medical costs per category and severity stage

From: Economic evaluation of trimetazidine in the management of chronic stable angina in Greece

Total annual cost per angina severity

Minimal

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Outpatient visits a (in €)

8.00

15.75

39.88

76.50

Diagnostic tests b (in €)

41.62

62.05

101.00

122.37

Laboratory tests b (in €)

20.41

25.63

45.31

61.24

Hospitalization without revascularization c (in €)

4.67

35.03

331.06

1428.63

Hospitalization with revascularization c (in €)

586.24

683.62

1583.23

1972.77

  1. Official Source
  2. aThe cost of physician visit was obtained from government gazette (FEK A’262/16-12-2011)
  3. bThe cost of diagnostic & laboratory tests was obtained from official site of EOPYY
  4. cThe cost of hospitalization without revascularization such as intensive care unit & cardiac clinic were obtained from government gazette (FEK A’3054/18-11-2012) and Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) (average cost of DRG code: K32A, K32M, K47M, K47X)
  5. dThe cost of hospitalization with revascularization such as PCI&CABG were obtained from DRG (average cost of DRG code: K15X, K10M, K15M for PCI and average cost of DRG code: K05M, KO5X for CABG)