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Table 5 Baseline: Travel costs in warfarin therapy (2018 prices)

From: Modeling patients’ time, travel, and monitoring costs in anticoagulation management: societal savings achievable with the shift from warfarin to direct oral anticoagulants

Costs (EUR)

Private Car (N = 2132)

Taxi (N = 925)

Bus (N = 358)

Walking (N = 546)

All Travel Modes (N = 3961)

Total annual cost

285,790

464,850

53,200

11,250

815,090

 Direct travel costs

235,260

444,360

36,370

 

715,990

 Time costs

50,530

20,490

16,830

11,250

99,100

Average annual cost per patient

134

503

149

21

206

Average monthly cost per patient

11

42

13

2

17

Average cost of one journey

9

29

11

2

14

Patient age

Average annual cost (the cost of one journey in parentheses)

 Age < 63 years

190 (15)

 

191 (16)

52 (4)

170 (13)

 Age ≥ 63 years

129 (9)

512 (29)

141 (10)

18 (1)

208 (14)

Travel distance

Average annual cost (the cost of one journey in parentheses)

 Distance < 5 km

42 (3)

310 (18)

133 (10)

21 (2)

117 (8)

 Distance 5–10 km

121 (8)

701 (38)

167 (12)

 

220 (15)

 Distance 10–20 km

229 (16)

870 (59)

  

362 (25)

 Distance ≥20 km

395 (29)

2006 (102)

  

662 (45)

INR measurements

Average annual cost (the cost of one journey in parentheses)

 INR M. per year ≤6

33 (11)

124 (36)

32 (11)

4 (1)

44 (14)

 INR M. per year 7–12

91 (9)

277 (28)

105 (11)

15 (2)

117 (12)

 INR M. per year 13–20

152 (10)

454 (28)

172 (11)

23 (1)

214 (13)

 INR M. per year > 20

246 (8)

912 (30)

324 (11)

46 (2)

427 (14)