Table 5.

Cost and travel burden for headache patients from urban and rural areas who were referred to specialists.

Cost	aUrban, N=110	bRural, N=292	P-value
Travel cost per patient, €, median (range)	c6	249 (409)	<.001
dLoss of earnings per patient, euro	117	234	<.001
Total cost per patient, euro	123	483	<.001
Travel, kilometers, median (range)	12 (69)	526 (1892)	<.001
Travel time, hours, median (range)	0.4 (1.2)	7.8 (27.3)	<.001

^aUrban: patients from Tromsø city.

^bRural: patients living outside Tromsø city.

^cThe price of a bus ticket in Tromsø city.

^dCorresponding to a half day’s salary in the urban area and a day’s salary in rural areas.