Table 5.
MS costs by EDSS score
| EDSS 0–1 (n = 67) |
EDSS 1.5–3.0 (n = 77) |
EDSS 3.5–5.5 (n = 34) |
EDSS ≥6 (n = 21) |
Overall (n = 199) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sick leave; mean (SD) | 80.25 (334.38) | 729.52 (2707.92) | 627.91 (2646.44) | 0 (0) | 416.58 (2030.18) |
| Annual cost (work absenteeism); mean (SD) | 510.89 (2089.42) | 1280.35 (4279.86) | 561.76 (2810.88) | 0 (0) | 763.40 (3161.83) |
| Annual cost of premature retirement due to MS; mean (SD) | 1006.27 (4144.32) | 5302.33 (12,546.38) | 8169.30 (16,952.79) | 19,178.96 (17,600.87) | 5810.12 (13,158.95) |
| Annual cost of premature work disability/pensioner due to MS; mean (SD) | 0 (0) | 2941.80 (14,243.37) | 2926.08 (7568.11) | 1692.58 (5896.10) | 1816.83 (9630.69) |
| Professional staff cost; mean (SD) | 290.15 (1576.30) | 679.64 (1406.23) | 3246.71 (10,532.42) | 1057.14 (1442.27) | 1026.93 (4622.00) |
| Informal support cost; mean (SD) | 125.76 (771.81) | 320.97 (1274.07) | 575.22 (1329.16) | 350.36 (1427.77) | 301.79 (1160.04) |
| Use of non-reimbursed devices; mean (SD) | 0.39 (3.18) | 508.95 (2409.37) | 1195.59 (3543.34) | 3177.05 (4880.50) | 736.60 (2756.47) |
EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale, MS Multiple sclerosis, SD Standard deviation