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. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):e0168586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168586

Table 5. Monthly costs of Crohn’s disease in Poland.

Category, number of respondents Mean cost per respondent (SD)
I. Indirect costs
Absenteeism, n = 197 €110.86 (286.29)
Registered early departure from labour market, n = 197 €162.04 (434.45)
Presenteeism, n = 197 €139.62 (224.73)
Productivity loss at unpaid work, n = 195 €49.95 (116.71)
Informal care, n = 195 €48.26 (112.41)
II. Direct costs
Publicly funded consultation with specialist, n = 196 €6.62 (9.25)
Private consultation with specialist, n = 196 €16.62 (30.99)
Hospitalisations—public payer’s perspective, n = 194 €202.11 (496.82)
Current treatment—public payer’s perspective, n = 200 €173.31 (382.31)
All medications prescribed or recommended by physicians (patients’ perspective), n = 197 €45.25 (36.98) a
Dietary supplements, special diet, special equipment, transportation to the medical facility (patients’ perspective), n = 193 €34.64 (35.70) b
Informational materials, additional hygienic articles and others (patients’ perspective), n = 194 €13.97 (8.93) c
III. Transfer costs
Social benefits or financial support from public organisations, n = 196 €39.73 (88.19)
Financial support from others, n = 195 €14.83 (50.46)

a the maximal relative measurement uncertainty ranged from -37.8% to 20.8% of presented value;

b as above, from -43.2% to 30.9%;

c as above, from -85.2% to 82.7%