Table 2.
Subtotal and total costs for clinically anxious children and children from the general population per year using a bottom-up approach (n = 118)
| Anxiety reason | Psychological reason | Physical reason | Other reason | Total a year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cl. anx. | Gen. | Cl. anx. | Gen. | Cl. anx. | Gen. | Cl. anx. | Gen. | Cl. anx. | Gen. | |
| Direct health care costs | ||||||||||
| Psychologist/psychiatrist | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| G.P practice | 13.35 | 0.00 | 4.45 | 0.00 | 13.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.86 | 0.00 |
| G.P. telephone | 2.23 | 0.00 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 4.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.84 | 0.00 |
| Hospital visit | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.37 | 98.80 | 17.19 | 0.00 | 51.48 | 98.80 |
| Emergence visit hospital | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.68 | 0.00 |
| Medication | 2.26 | 0.00 | 2.29 | 0.00 | 6.80 | 4.68 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 11.70 | 4.68 |
| Pharmacist fee | 20.25 | 0.00 | 18.48 | 0.00 | 29.84 | 20.54 | 1.42 | 0.00 | 69.94 | 20.54 |
| Day treatment | 634 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 634 | 0.00 |
| Institutionalized treatment | 724 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.00 |
| Subtotal | 1,396 | 0.00 | 27.44 | 0.00 | 119 | 124 | 18.83 | 0.00 | 1,559 | 124 |
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 1,521 | 124 | ||||||||
| Direct non-health care costs | ||||||||||
| House keeper | 5.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.41 | 0.00 | 14.04 | 0.00 |
| Informal care | 59.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.81 | 0.00 | 74.10 | 0.00 |
| Subtotal | 64.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.21 | 0.00 | 88.05 | 0.00 |
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 87.21 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Indirect costs | ||||||||||
| Paid work | 636 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.67 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.00 |
| Unpaid work | 7.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.28 | 0.00 |
| Leisure time loss | 79.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 79.56 | 0.00 |
| Household work | 12.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.96 | 0.00 |
| School absence | 456 | 0.00 | 51.01 | 0.00 | 48.60 | 0.00 | 15.88 | 0.00 | 572 | 0.00 |
| Subtotal | 1,192 | 0.00 | 51.01 | 0.00 | 48.60 | 0.00 | 23.55 | 0.00 | 1,315 | 0.00 |
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 1,305 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Out-of-pocket costs | ||||||||||
| Transportation | 4.45 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 3.68 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 9.62 | 0.00 |
| Alcohol | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.13 | 0.29 | 11.18 | 0.29 |
| Caffeine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 |
| Tobacco | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.40 | 0.00 | 7.28 | 0.00 |
| Own expenses | 91.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.29 | 1.38 | 16.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 92.56 | 23.66 |
| Subtotal | 95.52 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 7.29 | 5.55 | 16.49 | 20.16 | 0.29 | 122 | 23.92 |
| Bootstrapped subtotal | 125 | 23.89 | ||||||||
| Total costs | 2,748 | 0.00 | 79.21 | 7.29 | 174 | 141 | 85.75 | 0.29 | 3,084 | 148 |
| Bootstrapped total | 2,790 | 0.00 | 78.44 | 7.23 | 173 | 142 | 86.99 | 0.32 | 3,070 | 147 |
| Incremental costs (95% CI) | −2,790 (−4,530 to −1,336) | −71 (−205 to 0) | −31 (−199 to 131) | −87 (−152 to −33) | −2,923 (−4,505 to −1,470) | |||||