Table 3. Total average annual costs (€) depending on frequency of haemodialysis, for FYD patients (Full Year on Dialysis) only.
| ≤ 3 times per week (n = 3,142) | ≥4 times per week (n = 270) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (Std Dev) | % users | Mean (Std Dev) | % users | |||
| N | 3142 | 270 | ||||
| Total RRT costs* | € 69,744 | (5,067) | 100% | € 88,200 | (10,985) | 100% |
| Hospital costs not related to RRT | € 8,301 | (13,425) | 92% | € 8,818 | (13,968) | 95% |
| Primary care* | € 396 | (607) | 98% | € 335 | (564) | 99% |
| Mental health care | € 244 | (2,736) | 5% | € 47 | (469) | 4% |
| Medicationa | € 4,292 | (3,410) | 98% | € 4,349 | (3,483) | 99% |
| Medical devices* | € 907 | (1,734) | 70% | € 1,714 | (2,274) | 77% |
| Health care abroad* | € 169 | (831) | 9% | € 213 | (727) | 13% |
| Transportion* | € 5,219 | (5,276) | 96% | € 5,186 | (7,516) | 77% |
| Other | € 848 | (4,074) | 20% | € 379 | (2,803) | 17% |
| Total average annual costs* | € 90,119 | (19,981) | € 109,241 | (23,295) | ||
*Significance at p<0.05 two-sided.
a Medication is all medication distributed by pharmacy outside the hospital. Other types of costs, i.e. dialysis modality and hospitalization may also include medication costs. In the Netherlands, inpatient medication is part of the DRG and can therefore not be detected as a separate expenditure in claims data.