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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 Oct 16;30(4 0 73):S116–S122.

Table II.

Annual indirect costs.

Author, year Country Results (Euro, 2012)
Carls, 2009 (21) USA SLE group vs. matched control group
Absenteeism costs in 12-mo study period
€3335 vs. €3863
Short term disability costs in 12-mo study period
€2157 vs. €1019
Patients without nephritis vs. matched control group
€5492 vs. €3935
Patients with nephritis vs. matched control group
€5582 vs. €4747
Zhu, 2009 (22) Hong Kong Patients with flares vs. patients without flares
€4568 vs. €5361
Campbell, 2009 (24) USA SLE patients vs. matched control group
Average salary loss for all participants at risk of job loss
€5398 vs. €791
Zhu, Tarn (25) Hong Kong SLE patients
€4705
0 NPSLE: €4091
≥1 NPSLE: €6357
With seizure: €6154
With CVD: €5127
With headache: €2523
Clarke, 2008 (26) Canada Patients without renal damage vs. with renal damage
SLICC 0= €56,290
SLICC 1= €63,234
SLICC 2= €60,011
SLICC 3= €66,076
Panopalis, 2007 (28) USA SLE patients
USA: €17,059
Canada: €11,586
UK: €13,490