Table 1.

Costs, in the 1^st and 2^nd year and their sum after the initial primary care consultation, of use of medications and of subsequent physician visits and the average number (n) of courses of medication, further visits and tests experienced by a patient in each diagnostic category

Cost items	Cost (€) year		Mean number of episodes in categories a1 to a12
	1st	2nd	sum	a1	a2	a3	a4	a5	a6	a7	a8	a9	a10	a11	a12
Initial allergy test	12	12	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(0)e	1(0)	1(0)	1(0)	1(0)	1(0)
Subsequent sIgE tests	8.8	8.5	17.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10(0)	10(0)	10(0)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)
Antihistamine use	182a	177	359	0.56	0.44	0.60	0.43	0.43	0.19	0	0.62	0.50	0	0.20	0.09
Corticosteroids use	730b	709	1439	0.44	0.38	0.40	0.48	0.37	0.10	0	0.23	0.25	0.67	0	0.11
Bronchodilators use	64c	62	126	0.11	0.28	0.40	0.33	0.31	0.05	0	0.10	0.25	0	0.10	0.04
Visit Primary care	65	63	128	0.56	0.63	0.60	0.52	0.52	0.29	0	0.60	1	0.33	0.20	0.38
Visit to allergist	65	63	128	0.11	0.24	0	0	0.17	0.05	0	0.32	0.50	0	0.10	0.16

^a Based on 1 tablet ceterizin per day for 1 year

^b Based on fluticason, 125-250 mg, 4 puffs/day

^c Based on salbutamol and fenoterol, 100 mg, 4 puffs/day

^dCosts in 2^nd year were discounted to correspond to 1st year (rate:3%)

^eNo tests were performed during 2^nd year