Societal costs and health related quality of life in adult atopic dermatitis

Table 2 Average direct and indirect costs per patient per year (2020, EUR)*

	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	CI95% lower bound	CI 95% upper bound
General practitioner visit	58	0	0	312	46	71
Outpatient visit	117	101	0	774	103	131
Hospital admission	396	0	0	5,260	288	503
Treatment costs
Systemic treatments	88	0	0	2,710	44	132
Antihystamines and asthma medication**	78	17	0	1,849	55	101
Antibiotics	18	0	0	220	13	24
Topical treatments	5	2	0	42	4	6
Phototerapy	0.1	0	0	8.9	0	0.14
Non reimbursed products	148	77	0	1,401	121	174
Non reimbursed medical services (e.g. private physician)	232	0	0	3,417	166	298
*Direct medical*	*1,136*	*695*	0	*6,391*	*988*	*1,284*
Travel	5	4	0	34	4	6
Ambulance transport	1.2	0	0	177	0	2.9
Home remodelling	40	0	0	2,848	9	71
Lifestyle change***	49	0	0	1,566	26	73
Informal care	637	0	0	12,848	404	870
Paid carer	22	0	0	3,417	0	54
*Direct non-medical*	*747*	22	0	*12,946*	*509*	*984*
*Direct costs*	*1,881*	*933*	0	*17,080*	*1,569*	*2,193*
Absenteeism	1,047	0	0	23,712	578	1,515
Presenteeism	1,262	0	0	21,341	868	1,655
Permanent disability (n = 2)	142	0	0	15,443	0	339
*Indirect costs*	*2,450*	0	0	*23,712*	*1,783*	*3,117*
*Total costs*	*4,331*	*2,000*	0	*29,783*	*3,561*	*5,110*

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