Table 1.
Mean total resource use, subtotal and total societal costs due to anxiety reasons using a bottom-up approach (n = 118)
| Costs per unit | Total resource use (2 weeks) | Total costs (2 weeks) | Total costs per child (2 weeks) | Total costs per child a year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | Sum | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Direct health care costs | |||||
| Psychologist | 124/contact1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Psychiatrist | 76.00/contact1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| G.P practice | 20.20/contact1 | 3.00 | 60.60 | 0.51 (4.14) | 13.35 (108) |
| G.P. telephone | 10.10/contact1 | 1.00 | 10.10 | 0.09 (0.93) | 2.23 (57.98) |
| Anxiety medication | 0.72/ddd2 | 14.25 | 10.26 | 0.09 (0.50) | 2.26 (13.00) |
| Pharmacists fee | 6.45/med.1 | 14.25 | 91.91 | 0.78 (4.50) | 20.28 (117) |
| Institutionalized treatment | 164/day5 | 20.00 | 3,286 | 27.85 (213) | 724 (5,537) |
| Day treatment | 95.87/day5 | 30.00 | 2,876 | 24.37 (152) | 634 (3,940) |
| Subtotal | 6,335 | 53.69 (261) | 1,396 (6,773) | ||
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 52.78 (24.05) | 1,371 (583) | |||
| Direct non-health care costs | |||||
| Paid house keeper | 12.70/h1 | 2.00 | 25.44 | 0.22 (2.34) | 5.61 (60.84) |
| Informal care | 8.30/h1 | 32.00 | 269 | 2.28 (19.04) | 59.23 (495) |
| Subtotal | 294 | 2.50 (19.16) | 64.84 (498) | ||
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 2.43 (1.76) | 68.15 (47.59) | |||
| Indirect costs | |||||
| Paid work | 34.98/h1 | 83.29 | 2,888 | 24.48 (154) | 636 (4003) |
| Unpaid work | 8.30/h1 | 4.00 | 33.60 | 0.28 (3.09) | 7.40 (80.34) |
| Loss of leisure time | 8.30/h1 | 43.00 | 361 | 3.06 (16.47) | 79.59 (428) |
| Household work | 8.30/h1 | 6.50 | 54.60 | 0.46 (4.03) | 12.03 (105) |
| School absence | 4.37/h3 | 474 | 2,070 | 17.55 (57.89) | 456.20 (1,505) |
| Subtotal | 5,408 | 45.83 (198) | 1,191.64 (5,135) | ||
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 46.12 (18.22) | 1,193.64 (473) | |||
| Out-of-pocket costs | |||||
| Transportation | 0.16/km1 | 126 | 20.20 | 0.17 (1.41) | 4.42 (36.66) |
| Own contribution alternative treatment | 350 | 2.97 (32.22) | 77.12 (838) | ||
| Own contribution medication not prescribed | 63.30 | 0.54 (5.83) | 13.95 (152) | ||
| Subtotal | 434 | 3.67 (38.22) | 95.52 (994) | ||
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 3.86 (36.48) | 97.52 (94.08) | |||
| Total costs | 12,471 | 106 (340) | 2,748 (8,841) | ||
| Bootstrapped total costs | 104 (32.45) | 2,749 (815) | |||
1Source of volume price: Oostenbrink et al. 2004, 2Gip databank, 3Nibud, 4Cost diary, 5Actual costs