Table 1.

Direct medical costs and indirect costs for lost productivity by type of rib fracture (2015–2018)

	Total			One rib fracture			Multiple (≥ 2) rib fractures
	N	Mean (€)	Cumulative (million €)	N	Mean (€)	Cumulative (million €)	N	Mean (€)	Cumulative (million €)
Health care costs (€)
Admitted	4971	9922	49.3	1719	9557	16.4	3252	10,115	32.9
Non-admitted	3060	1689	51.7	1590	1755	2.8	1470	1619	2.4
Total	8031	6785	54.5	3309	5808	19.2	4722	7471	35.3
Costs for lost productivity (€)
Admitted	2015	22,886	46.1	751	22,303	16.7	1265	23,233	29.4
Non-admitted	1168	2880	33.6	627	2956	1.9	541	2793	1.5
Total	3183	15,547	49.5	1378	13,496	18.6	1805	17,112	30.9
Combined direct and indirect costs (€)
Admitted	6986	32,808	95.4	2470	31,860	33.1	4517	33,348	62.3
Non-admitted	4228	4569	85.3	2217	4711	4.7	2011	4412	3.9
Total	11,214	37,377	180.7	4687	36,571	37.8	6528	37,760	66.2

N number of patients

Direct and indirect costs are presented as the mean costs per patient and the cumulative costs of the entire study period, 2015–2018