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. 2016 Aug 24;8:413–426. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S115689

Table 2.

Incremental total direct health care cost per patient with ADE (€)

Type of ADE Reference Drug Incremental total cost per patient with ADE (€)
Nonhospitalized patients with ADEs leading to hospitalization

Any ADE Pirmohamed et al (2004)18 Any drug 3,682.82
Bordet et al (2001)19 Any drug 5,187.50
Carrasco-Garrido et al (2010)20 Any drug 4,910.12
Kim et al (2009)21 Rhythm-control, rate-control, and combined rhythm-/rate-control drug 2,737.46
Yee et al (2005)22 Any drug 3,593.60
Lagnaoui et al (2000)23 Any drug 3,500.80
Leendertse et al (2011)*, , 13 Any drug 5,891.65
Hafner et al (2002)24 Any drug 702.21
Bates et al (1997)25 Any drug 3,209.82
Bates et al (1997),25 Any drug 5,794.99
Rottenkolber et al (2011)26 Any drug 2,427.45
Rottenkolber et al (2012)30 Any drug 2,140.49
Senst et al (2001)27 Any drug 7,318.14
Tafreshi et al (1999)28 Any drug 1,303.40
Any ADE, except skin ADE Schneeweiss et al (2002)29 Any drug 820.16
Any ADE in pediatric population Du et al (2013)14 Any drug 40,273.08
Any ADE in geriatric population Leendertse et al (2011)13 Any drug 6,527.37

Hospitalized patients with ADEs during the hospitalization

Any ADE Rottenkolber et al (2012)30 Any drug 1,049.69
Senst et al (2001)27 Any drug 2,366.77
Hug et al (2012)¥,31 Any drug 3,030.79
Hug et al (2012)µ,31 Any drug 3,234.61
Hug et al (2012)§,31 Any drug 7,192.36
Schneider et al (1995)32 Any drug 943.40
Suh et al (2000)33 Any drug 5,972.74
Classen et al (1997)34 Any drug 2,797.92
Skin ADE Giuliani and Marzola (2013)35 Erlotinib 1,105.54

Other (both hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients; spontaneous reports)

Any ADE Gyllensten et al (2014)36 Any drug 349.98
Lang et al (2009)48 Radiotherapy, chemoradiotherapy 8,509.24
Paessens et al (2011)49 Multidrug chemotherapy 4,213.97
Skin ADE Ray et al (2013)50 Panitumumab or cetuximab 13,150.34
Ray et al (2013)50 Erlotinib or gefitinib 14,860.76
Ray et al (2013)50 Cetuximab 15,037.97
Borovicka et al (2011)37 Molecularly targeted cancer agents 1,592.89
Noize et al (2010)¥,38 Ketoprofen for topical use 373.33
Noize et al (2010)µ,38 Ketoprofen for topical use 3,383.56
Dyskinesia Suh et al (2012)39 Levodopa 4,617.65
Infusion ADEβ Foley et al (2010)α,44 Cetuximab 5,603.70
Hypoglycemia Parekh et al (2014),15 Antimicrobial drugs 25.41
Constipation Wan et al (2015)*,16 Opioids 8,711.33
Constipation Wan et al (2015)£,16 Opioids 4,606.79
Constipation Wan et al (2015)§,16 Opioids 1,240.17
Any ADE in pediatric population Tundia et al (2011)17 Any drug 3,242.59

Notes:

*

Population aged <65 years;

£

population aged 18< n <65 years;

population aged >65 years;

preventable;

¥

any ADE;

µ

only serious ADE;

§

only life-threatening ADE;

α

mean of both hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients;

β

allergic and hypersensitivity ADE; ¤patients with long-term treatment with opioids.

Abbreviation: ADE, adverse drug event.