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. 2013 Oct 9;13:403. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-403

Table 7.

Productivity loss due to sick-leave and disability pension, in Euros (€)

 
Productivity Loss
 
Non-cardiac chest pain (n = 99)
Acute myocardial infarction (n = 51)
Angina Pectoris (n = 49)
  Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2
Patients with sick-leave n (%)
16 (16)
11 (11)
10 (20)
8 (16)
13 (27)
11 (22)
Length of sick-leave in days per patient (m ± SD)
86 ± 93
120 ± 123
34 ± 12
73 ± 42
45 ± 33
142 ± 140
Cost of sick-leave in Euros (€) per patient with sick-leave (m ± SD)*
7311 ± 6026
11,549 ± 11,913
4256 ± 2006
6195 ± 4744
4429 ± 2416
12,486 ± 13,261
Total productivity loss cost in Euros (€) due to sick-leave
116,976
127,039
42,560
49,560
57,577
137,346
Cost of sick-leave in Euros (€) per patient in total
1182
1283
835
972
1175
2803
Patients with disability pension due to illness (%)
10 (10)
9 (9)
6 (12)
6 (12)
7 (14)
6 (12)
Length of disability pension in days per patient (m ± SD)
354 ± 35
322 ± 102
365 ± 0
331 ± 83
322 ± 98
268 ± 154
Cost of disability pension in Euros (€) per disabled patient (m ± SD)*
23,220 ± 12,919
19,036 ± 12,116
24,094 ± 7098
23,036 ± 9449
17,342 ± 8291
13,991 ± 11,547
Total productivity loss cost in Euros (€) due to disability pension
232,200
171,324
144,564
138,216
121,394
83,946
Cost of disability pension in Euros (€) per patient in total
2345
1731
2835
2710
2477
1713
Cost of productivity loss in Euros (€) per patient in total 3527 3014 3670 3682 3652 4516

* = The mean value of the income ranges “low, middle-range and high” (€1686, €2500, and €4279) was used in the calculations. For the income range “very low”, the maximum income of €1337 was used in the calculations.