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. 2013 Feb 20;8:32. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-32

Table 5.

The burden of disease in Germany based on prevalence data from the literature

 
 
 
 
Sickness fund perspective
Societal perspective
      Year Study origin Prevalence Lower limit (2.5%) Burden (mean) Upper limit (97.5%) Direct costs Indirect costs Lower limit (2.5%) Burden (mean) Upper limit (97.5%)
This study
2007/2008
Germany
4.95
€187.6 m
€201.1 m
€223.6 m
€189.7 m
€132.0 m
€302.3 m
€321.7 m
€341.3 m
Orphanet database2
   2011
not stated/global
3.00
€113.8 m
€122.0 m
€135.6 m
€115.0 m
€80.1 m
€183.4 m
€195.1 m
€207.0 m
Reis et al.1
   2000
Germany
4.53
 
 
 
€262.0 m
€52.0 m
 
€314.0 m
 
Reis et al. (adj.)2
2007/2008
Germany
4.53
€171.8 m
€184.3 m
€204.9 m
€173.7 m
€121.0 m
€277.0 m
€294.7 m
€312.7 m
SEER database2    2008 USA 3.47 €131.6 m €141.1 m €156.9 m €133.1 m €92.6 m €212.1 m €225.7 m €239.5 m

1) as reported by Reis et al. (2006); 2) calculated based cost data of this study.