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. 2013 Aug 2;31(9):799–806. doi: 10.1007/s40273-013-0075-0

Table 3.

Total direct costs by cohort ($US, year 2010 values)

PD pts Total direct cost Control pts Total direct cost Excess direct costs
N Mean SD N Mean SD Mean p value
Newly diagnosed cohort
 Baseline year (pre-diagnosis) 781 7,322 18,129 7,810 4,502 12,895 2,820 <0.001
 Study year 1 781 9,175 17,006 7,810 5,103 16,340 4,072 <0.001
 Study year 2 509 9,948 17,248 5,090 5,164 14,480 4,785 <0.001
 Study year 3 357 10,706 25,639 3,570 5,153 12,745 5,553 <0.001
PDAAD cohort
 Study year 1 214 31,800 99,695 4,280 5,333 14,499 26,467 <0.001
PDINST cohort
 Study year 1 156 43,506 63,125 3,120 6,096 18,779 37,410 <0.001

PD Parkinson’s disease, PDAAD PD and ambulatory assistance device, PDINST PD and institutionalization, pts patients, SD standard deviation