Table 2. Medical expenses of patients with HD by disease duration and age.
| Disease duration (years) | Total expenses† | No. of patients with HD | Averaged expenses per patient | Age group (years) | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <30 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | ≥80 | |||||
| 1 | 10,440,398,539 | 1,521 | 6,864,167 [6,299,675–6,864,168] | 2,962,623 [2,250,911–3,674,335] | 4,936,020 [4,090,746–5,781,293] | 5,012,415 [4,376,931–5,647,898] | 6,976,338 [6,250,617–7,702,058] | 7,654,793 [6,772,240–8,537,345] | 10,856,637 [9,465,585–12,247,689] | 8,712,402 [6,978,566–10,446,238] | <0.001* |
| 2 | 8,293,316,661 | 1,268 | 6,540,471 [5,987,772–6,540,471] | 2,163,267 [1,624,623–2,701,911] | 3,650,624 [2,952,346–4,348,902] | 4,751,660 [4,089,796–5,413,524] | 7,085,294 [6,276,751–7,893,386] | 7,271,225 [6,369,875–8,172,576] | 11,030,496 [9,487,287–12,582,705] | 8,253,265 [6,333,480–10,173,051] | <0.001* |
| 3 | 7,296,720,220 | 1,081 | 6,749,972 [6,189,067–6,749973] | 2,600,349 [1,334,128–3,866,570] | 4,717,956 [3,748,587–5,687,326] | 4,894,140 [4,160,582–5,627,698] | 7,336,303 [6,454,661–8,217,946] | 7,631,930 [6,594,739–8,669,121] | 10,540,853 [8,881,396–12,200,310] | 9,094,842 [6,712,757–11,476,927] | <0.001* |
| 4 | 6,434,108,281 | 916 | 7,024,136 [6,381,383–7,024,136] | 2,198,173 [1,468,969–2,927,378] | 6,724,805 [5,265,223–8,220,388] | 5,923,574 [4,952,680–6,894,469] | 7,375,021 [6,407,040–8,343,002] | 7,304,680 [6,252,060–8,357,299] | 10,726,134 [8,814,932–12,637,335] | 11,135,781 [7,845,368–14,426,194] | <0.001* |
| 5 | 5,420,102,175 | 758 | 7,150,531 [6,361,841–7,150,531] | 2,376,106 [1,598,136–3,154,076] | 4,861,644 [3,753,941–5,969,346] | 5,785,401 [4,737,075–6,833,728] | 7,890,698 [6,747,435–9,033,960] | 9,261,029 [7,768,975–10,753,082] | 10,374,024 [8,298,787–12,449,261] | 9,442,503 [6,268,527–12,616,480] | <0.001* |
| 6 | 4,292,441,254 | 627 | 6,845,999 [6,106,901–6,845,999] | 2,465,345 [1,596,695–3,333,994] | 3,512,436 [2,616,167–4,408,705] | 5,864,677 [4,715,200–7,014,153] | 8,747,969 [7,352,645–10,413,292] | 8,410,840 [6,918,336–9,903,344] | 10,285,761) [8,003,080–12,568,441] | 5,235,320 [3,047,619–7,423,021] | <0.001* |
| 7 | 3,601,481,540 | 489 | 7,364,993 [6,357,054–7,364,993] | 2,905,390 [1,504,960–4,305,820] | 4,321,039 [3,072,318–5,569,759] | 6,444,013 [5,057,661–7,830,365] | 9,761,899 [7,969,899–11,553,898] | 9,499,686 [7,558,481–11,440,891] | 9,303,899 [6,909,442–11,698,356] | 7,071,358 [3,492,757–10,649,959] | <0.001* |
| 8 | 2,367,540,863 | 342 | 6,922,634 [5,855,685–6,922,634] | 2,437,999 [1,559,701–3,316,296] | 4,266,139 [2,810,566–5,721,713] | 5,125,987 [3,860,192–6,391,781] | 9,291,884 [7,216,424–11,367,345] | 8,806,778 [6,665,779–10,947,777] | 12,044,474 [8,054,134–16,034,813] | 5,703,862 [1,751,287–9,656,437] | <0.001* |
| 9 | 1,278,917,920 | 214 | 5,976,252 [4,324,130–5,976,252] | 2,370,360 [934,331–3,806,389] | 3,403,421 [1,981,222–4,825,619] | 4,797,275 [3,251,488–6,343,063] | 8,613,785 [6,201,925–11,025,645] | 8,071,521 [5,505,149–10,637,894] | 8,652,334 [5,036,754–12,267,913] | 1,824,456 [-240,110–3,889,022] | <0.001* |
| 10 | 361,611,729 | 85 | 4,254,256 [2,442,626–4,254,256] | 1,307,478 [548,328–2,066,646] | 3,448,341 [1,497,258–5,399,424] | 4,139,042 [1,970,879–6,307,205] | 5,759,061 [3,169,472–8,348,650] | 6,462,605 [3,295,929–9,629,281] | 3,890,561 [1,008,393–6,772,729] | 0 | 0.033* |
| p * | 0.103 | 0.246 | 0.845 | 0.462 | 0.526 | 0.017* | 0.017* | ||||
Data are mean [95% confidence interval] values of medical expenses (in KRW) per patient.
*Significant at p<0.05; †Sum of annual medical expenses incurred by all patients with HD following diagnosis for each disease year.
HD, Huntington's disease.