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. 2021 Aug 23;22(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s10194-021-01310-x

Table 7.

TTH costs (population estimates)

Luxembourg
N = 127,501
Russia
N = 26,679,239
Spain
N = 7,850,265
Cost (euros)
1-year estimate
Cost (euros)
5-year estimate
Cost (euros)
1-year estimate
Cost (euros)
5-year estimate
Cost (euros)
1-year estimate
Cost (euros)
5-year estimate
CURRENT CARE: NO CONSUMER EDUCATION OR HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 Primary analysis
  Medications
   acute ASA 1 g or paracetamol 1 g 21,135 98,765 3,439,657 16,073,791 1,012,106 4,729,652.69
   prophylaxis amitriptyline 100 mg/day
   Total medications 21,135 98,765 3,439,657 16,073,791 1,012,106 4,729,652.69
  Health-care provision
   GP visits 710,354 1,658,990 87,659,562 204,723,838 46,415,831 108,401,488
   specialist visits 324,834 324,834 56,770,353 56,770,352 17,476,479 17,476,480
   MRI 66,288 66,288 13,870,685 13,870,685 4,081,397 4,081,397
   Health-care provision 1,101,476 2,050,112 158,300,600 275,364,875 67,973,707 129,959,365
 Secondary analyses
  Total lost productivity 46,505,330 217,323,093 1,133,152,091 5,295,309,478 1,134,307,720 5,300,709,824
  Sensitivity analysis: disability accounts for 20% lost productivity 9,301,066 43,464,618 226,630,418 1,059,061,896 226,861,544 1,060,141,965
TARGET CARE: WITH CONSUMER EDUCATION AND HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 Primary analysis
  Medications
   acute ASA 1 g or paracetamol 1 g 31,184 145,724 4,063,501 18,989,061 497,776 2,326,148
   prophylaxis amitriptyline 100 mg/day 3122 14,590 1,175,568 5,493,524 66,639 311,410
   Total medications 34,306 160,314 5,239,069 24,482,585 564,415 2,637,558
  Health-care provision
   GP visits 222,734 222,734 13,742,996 13,742,996 14,553,862 14,553,862
   specialist visits 281,115 281,115 49,129,551 49,129,551 15,124,295 15,124,295
   MRI 31,870 31,870 6,668,783 6,668,783 1,962,264 1,962,264
   Total health-care provision 535,719 535,719 69,541,330 69,541,330 31,640,421 31,640,421
 Secondary analyses
  Total lost productivity 45,491,467 146,579,889 764,287,428 3,571,575,691 765,066,876 3,575,218,111
  Sensitivity analysis: disability accounts for 20% lost productivity 20,397,967 29,315,978 152,857,486 714,315,138 153,013,375 715,043,622