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. 2024 Oct 16;16:1759720X241289391. doi: 10.1177/1759720X241289391

Table 2.

Adjusted average healthcare costs for a standard patient for GP2017 and SB5 stratified by diagnosis.

Healthcare service GP2017 SB5
PsA RA AxSpA PsA RA AxSpA
Health costs (predicted) Health costs (predicted) Health costs (predicted) Health costs (predicted) Health costs (predicted) Health costs (predicted)
Before (€) After (€) Before (€) After (€) Before (€) After (€) Before (€) After (€) Before (€) After (€) Before (€) After (€)
Hospital costs
 Musculoskeletal system and the connective tissue 7.018 5.880 7.311 8.058 7.142 6.641 7.696 8.003 7.603 7.851 6.877 7.767
 Other secondary sector treatment costs 824 614 313 310 520 1.070 446 500 442 677 640 476
Hospital total treatment costs 8.048 6.236 7.446 8.051 8.010 7.534 7.903 8.054 7.799 8.357 7.565 8.026
Primary sector
 General practitioner 123 103 116 98 94 91 111 111 120 120 112 105
 Specialist 70 124 81 56 58 108 56 81 40 40 81 54
 Physiotherapist, chiropractor, and foot specialist 296 291 204 247 173 226 435 523 376 382 299 206
 Other 52 48 47 42 31 80 58 43 40 41 56 51
Primary sector total costs 542 580 451 437 353 524 595 643 565 563 549 427
Prescription medication
 Pain medication (DDD) 59 42 18 18 14 30 46 36 29 29 58 43
 Not pain medication (DDD) 209 234 128 130 172 312 255 223 124 192 86 74
Prescription medication total costs (DDD) 273 275 148 151 186 335 311 274 149 220 142 110
Total healthcare costs 8.856 7.083 8.048 8.662 8.603 8.346 8.859 9.013 8.511 9.110 8.103 8.378
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Adjusted average healthcare costs, given in euro (€), estimated for a “standard patient” defined as a 55-year-old female, with no previous comorbidities, with previous duration of originator adalimumab >6 years and not withdrawn biosimilar GP2017/SB5 within 180 days.

AxSpA, axial spondyloarthritis; DDD, defined daily dose; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.