Table 2.

Mean and median costs (in Euro) per patient/year according to the different cost’ components

	Mean (min;max)	Median [25–75th percentile]
Hospital visits	1,971 (0;79,760)	0 [0–0]
ED visits	34 (0;350)	0 [0-50]
Specialist visits	244 (0;1,653)	207 [83-331]
Imaging/laboratory exams	473 (0;4,411)	363 [90-672]
Drugs	4228 (0;31,627)	252 [0-8,923]
Out-of-pocket	942 (0;12,092)	400 [0-1,200]
Direct health costs	7892 (0;85,409)	4819 [925-12,304]
Transport/food/accommodation	620 (0;14,800)	80 [0-540]
Formal assistance	476 (0;8,287)	0 [0-0]
Informal assistance	11,593 (0;104,971)	3315 [0-15,469]
Direct non-health costs	12,689 (0;108,209)	3867 [0-15,884]
Productivity loss	1381 (0;16,574)	0 [0-1,657]
Direct non-health and indirect costs	14,071 (0;108,209)	5449 [691-18,232]
Overall	21,962 (0;193,617)	13,954 [3,767-30,824]

Categories reported in italics represent the sum of the cost item above, similarly related numbers

ED = emergency department; Max = Maximum value; Min = minimum value