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. 2019 May 2;3(4):479–493. doi: 10.1007/s41669-019-0142-3

Table 3.

Studies reporting supportive care costs in LOPD patients, including inflation and currency adjustment

Author, year Currency Country Costs included Reported mean annual costs Inflation-adjusted mean annual costs from data year to 2017a Currency and inflation-adjusted mean annual costs (2017 USD)a
Kanters et al. (2011) [31]b 2009 euros Netherlands

Medical: Hospital days, ICU, nursing home, ambulatory care, home care, medication, tests, procedures, devices

Direct non-medical: Transportation, other non-medical costs

Indirect: informal care, productivity losses

Overall: €22,475

Direct medical: €13,679

Direct non-medical: €421

Indirect: €8374

Overall: €25,281

Direct medical: €15,387

Overall indirect: €9420

Indirect (no productivity): €6955

Overall: $28,489

Direct medical: $17,340

Overall indirect: $10,615

Indirect (no productivity): $7838

Wyatt et al. (2012) (adult) [35] 2011 GBP UK

Medical: Hospital days, outpatient visits, day cases, accident and ED visits, GP visits, nurse visits, therapists

Direct non-medical: Social workers, home help, care attendant, community support worker, housing worker

Overall: £6300

Direct medical: £4501

Direct non-medical: £1799

Overall: £6984

Direct medical: £4990

Overall indirect: £1994

Overall: $8989

Direct medical: $6422

Overall indirect: $2567

Wyatt et al. (2012) (child) [35] 2011 GBP UK

Medical: Hospital days, outpatient visits, day cases, accident and ED visits, GP visits, nurse visits, therapists

Direct non-medical: Social workers, home help, care attendant, community support worker, housing worker

Overall: £10,080

Direct medical: £10,023

Direct non-medical: £57

Overall: £11,175

Direct medical: £11,112

Overall indirect: £63

Overall: $14,382

Direct medical: $14,301

Overall indirect: $81

CPI consumer price index, ED Emergency department, GBP Great Britain pounds, GP general practitioner, ICU intensive care unit, LOPD late-onset Pompe disease, OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, USD United States dollars

aInflation-adjusted from data to year 2017 (inflation-adjusted to 2017 using average annual inflation rate per year reported by OECD for each country and inflated based on data year). OECD (2018), “Inflation consumer price index (CPI) (indicator).” 10.1787/eee82e6e-en (accessed on 17 July 2018). Inflation-adjusted currency converted to USD based on currency reported in the publication. OECD (2018), “Exchange rates (indicator).” 10.1787/037ed317-en (Accessed on 17 July 2018)

bIndividual reported mean annual costs for Kanters et al. (2011) [31] do not exactly sum to the overall cost due to rounding