Table 6 Expenditures 1 year before SHIP examination
From: Frequency of thyroid function tests and examinations in participants of a population-based study
Billing diagnosis and/or medication n = 638 | Billing diagnosis, no medication n = 771 | Thyroid disorder only in SHIP and no medication n = 2191 | No thyroid disorder and billing diagnosis and no medication n = 1952 | |||||
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Costs (€) | Costs per person (€) | Costs (€) | Costs per person (€) | Costs (€) | Costs per person (€) | Costs (€) | Costs per person (€) | |
TSH (3.00 €)a | 2349.00 | 3.68 | 1563.00 | 2.03 | 1836.00 | 0.84 | 1554.00 | 0.80 |
ultrasound (23.00€/24.00€)a | 5013.00 | 7.86 | 4863.00 | 6.31 | 911.00 | 0.42 | 719.00 | 0.37 |
scintiscan (114.50 €)a | 7900.50 | 12.38 | 8459.00 | 10.97 | 1257.50 | 0.57 | 916.00 | 0.47 |
fT3 (3.70 €/4.10 €)a | 786.70 | 1.23 | 499.10 | 0.65 | 165.10 | 0.08 | 184.50 | 0.09 |
fT4 (3.70 €/4.10 €)a | 903.40 | 1.42 | 572.20 | 0.74 | 198.00 | 0.09 | 214.50 | 0.11 |
TSH-receptor-antibodies (10.30 €/ 11.20€)a | 822.30 | 1.28 | 740.80 | 0.96 | 126.30 | 0.06 | 114.20 | 0.06 |
thyroid peroxidase antibodies (7.50 €/8.70€)a | 662.70 | 1.04 | 581.40 | 0.75 | 101.10 | 0.05 | 132.30 | 0.07 |
endocrinological consultation (61.50 €/63.50 €)a, b | 1877.00 | 2.94 | 1573.50 | 2.04 | 63.50 | 0.03 | 317.50 | 0.16 |
GP consultationa, b, c | 193,768.00 | 303.71 | 211,205.00 | 273.94 | 496,764.50 | 226.73 | 405,062.50 | 207.51 |
total costs | 214,082.60 | 335.55 | 230,057.00 | 298.39 | 501,423.00 | 228.14 | 409,214.50 | 209.64 |