Table 3.

Health costs and income of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) before and after diagnosis compared with controls

	COPD (€)	Controls (€)	p Value (€)
Before diagnosis
N	708 329	708 343
Outpatient treatment	335	227	<0.01
Inpatient treatment	1534	904	<0.01
Medication	918	434	<0.01
Public health insurance	357	278	<0.01
Income from employment	7947	11 418	<0.01
Public transfer income total	12 858	11 167
Pension	7029	6824	<0.01
Other public transfers	5450	4104	<0.01
Sick pay (public funded)	378	238	<0.01
Direct health costs	3144	1843
Indirect costs, foregone earnings	3471
Sum of direct and indirect costs	6616	1843
Net costs	4773
Social transfer payments	12 858	11 167
Net costs including transfers	6464
After diagnosis
N	597 235	776 674
Outpatient treatment	789	429	<0.01
Inpatient treatment	5563	1736	<0.01
Medication	1782	610	<0.01
Public health insurance	515	361	<0.01
Income from employment	4509	6800	<0.01
Public transfer income total	13 888	13 122
Pension	9171	10 317	<0.01
Other public transfers	4361	2634	<0.01
Sick pay (publicly funded)	356	171	<0.01
Direct health costs	8650	3135
Indirect costs, foregone earnings	2291
Sum of direct and indirect costs	10 941	3135
Net costs	7806
Social transfer payments	13 888	13 122
Net costs including transfers	8572