Table 3.
Average resource use in natural units and costs per participant over 1 year, in euro (n = 25).
| Type of care | Unit description | Participants using the resource (%) | Average units if using |
Range of costs
if using |
Average units per participant | Average costs per participant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care consultation | Appointments | 100% | 25 (±35) | 15–6,365 | 25 (±35) | 1,369 (±1,780) |
| Home care | Hours | 25% | 139 (±100) | 220–11,511 | 28 (±71) | 896 (±2,559) |
| Outpatient visit | Appointments | 100% | 15 (±12) | 440–4,683 | 15 (±12) | 1,412 (±1,040) |
| Day treatment | Days admitted | 32% | 50 (±55) | 119–14,991 | 16 (±39) | 1,790 (±3,971) |
| Overnight treatment | Nights admitted | 36% | 30 (±50) | 423–65,627 | 11 (±33) | 4,740 (±13,257) |
| Emergency care | Events | 48% | 7 (±9) | 230–16,210 | 3 (±7) | 1,669 (±3,529) |
| Medical diagnostics and interventions | Procedures | 40% | 1 (±1) | 296–14,804 | 0 (±1) | 1,931 (±4,760) |
| Medical technologies | N/A | 24% | 1 (±1) | 132–1,200 | 0 (±1) | 179 (±383) |
| Medication | N/A | 100% | NA | 344–4,915 | NA | 1,837 (±1,071) |
| Total medical costs | 1,617–73,319 | 15,823 (±16,765) | ||||
| Informal care | Hours | 96% | 1,342 (±1,561) | 377–86,575 | 1,288 (±1,552) | 20,041 (±24,131) |
| Productivity loss | Hours | 52% | 195 (±279) | 121–36,952 | 101 (±223) | 3,734 (±8,208) |
| Travel costs | Trips | 100% | 49 (±55) | 5–2,785 | 49 (±55) | 359 (±626) |
| Total non-medical costs | 203–86,925 | 24,133 (±23,789) | ||||
| Total costs | 3,804–132,264 | 39,956 (±32,073) |