Table 3.
Average annualised costs per person, by LTC group (EULAR)
| LTC group £ (95% CI) | ||||||
| Cost components | RA alone | %† | RA + Single LTC |
%† | RA + MLTCs |
%† |
| Direct costs | 539 (396 to 735) |
75.6 | 1027 (749 to 1,410) |
75.6 | 2491 (1,871 to 3,316) |
82.3 |
| Indirect costs | 174 (68 to 378) |
24.4 | 332 (150 to 639) |
24.4 | 537 (266 to 946) |
17.7 |
| Total costs* | 713 | 100 | 1359 | 100 | 3028 | 100 |
*Total costs were calculated by combining direct and indirect costs and stratifying by LTC group
†% of the costs in that LTC category.
EULAR, European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology; LTC, long-term condition; MLTCs, multiple LTC; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.