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. 2018 Jan 10;7(2):75–83. doi: 10.1159/000485973

Table 2.

Costs for thyroid disease treatments (EUR) per 100,000 persons in Denmark

Year Antithyroid medication Thyroid hormone therapy Thyroid surgeries Radioiodine treatment3 Total cost for treatments
1995 25,496 31,915 100,012 31,743 189,165
1996 27,251 33,270 99,797 35,721 196,039
1997 26,041 34,425 101,328 36,392 198,187
19981 27,674 36,095 103,158 36,691 203,617
1999 29,393 37,590 103,182 37,076 207,241
20002 30,867 39,647 107,636 36,796 214,947
2001 34,143 42,165 101,630 38,202 216,140
2002 35,912 44,793 100,150 37,201 218,057
2003 36,707 47,592 100,869 35,190 220,358
2004 36,602 50,505 98,820 21,116 207,043
2005 35,400 52,519 104,955 22,380 215,255
2006 33,721 55,397 103,812 23,678 216,609
2007 32,771 58,487 105,150 26,135 222,543
2008 31,486 62,104 99,311 16,981 209,882
2009 29,819 64,334 118,628 19,174 231,955
2010 28,624 69,147 118,856 24,546 241,173
2011 27,518 73,722 118,496 25,943 245,679
2012 26,624 76,456 109,828 25,536 238,445
2013 25,513 79,692 119,930 23,416 248,552
2014 24,723 82,679 126,761 23,441 257,604
2015 24,856 86,203 132,158 25,273 268,490

Standardized for changes in population size and age and sex distribution. 2015 prices applied.

1

Implementation of voluntary iodine fortification.

2

Implementation of mandatory iodine fortification.

3

Number of radioiodine treatments was obtained from the National Institute of Radiation Protection in 1995–2003 and from the Danish National Patient Registry in 2004–2015.