Table 1. Unit costs applied in the analysis.

Cost item	Unit cost (SEK)
Study drugs	Per day
Candesartan 4 mg	5.9
Candesartan 8 mg	5.4
Candesartan 16 mg	7.1
Candesartan 16 mg/12.5 mg	7.1
Losartan 50 mg	6.0
Losartan 100 mg	9.9
Losartan 50 mg/12.5 mg	7.0
Losartan 100 mg/25 mg	10.9
Outpatient contacts	Per contact
Physician visit	1 715
Physician phone contact	572
Nurse visit	570
Nurse phone contact	190
Other visit	570
Other phone contact	190
Laboratory tests	Per test
Total serum cholesterol	11
HDL and LDL cholesterol	32
Triglycerides	11
Blood glucose	27
HbA1C	74
Creatinine	11
Micro-albumine	37
Potassium	11
Hospitalisations	Per eventa
Heart failure	33 919
Cardiac arrhythmias	29 146
Peripheral artery diseaseb	63 260
Chronic ischaemic heart disease	34 079
Myocardial infarction	47 748
Strokec	43 830
Unstable angina	42 001
Elective coronary revascularization	41 387

Abbreviations: DRG, diagnosis-related groups; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SEK, Swedish kronor.

^aMean cost per ICD-coded cardiovascular event according to DRG.

^bIncludes aortic aneurysms.

^cIschaemic, haemorrhagic stroke and transient ischaemic attacks.