Table 3.
Mean healthcare resource utilization costs per EDSS category using the NTD registry cost population (2019).
| NTD (unit costs 2019). Average per patient/year (€) N = 7286 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Subcategories | EDSS
0–3.5 n = 4855 |
EDSS
4–6.5 n = 2125 |
EDSS
7–9.5 n = 306 |
| Direct medical | Inpatient care/day admissions | 250 | 750 | 1418 |
| Consultations | 484 | 1185 | 1595 | |
| Test | 91 | 71 | 31 | |
| Medications | 229 | 1596 | 3043 | |
| Direct non-medical | Investments | 54 | 460 | 1349 |
| Community services | 305 | 2010 | 15,087 | |
| Informal care | 50 | 1214 | 7824 | |
| Indirect | Short-term absence | 212 | 297 | 63 |
| Long-term absence, invalidity, early retirement | 4019 | 17,836 | 22,474 | |
| DMT costs | 13,621 | 11,080 | 5693 | |
| Total excluding DMT costs | 5694 | 25,419 | 52,883 | |
| Total including DMT costs | 19,315 | 36,499 | 58,576 | |
DMT, disease-modifying therapy; EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; NTD, NeuroTransData.