Costs in euros as estimated for each of the seven predefined categories, separately. Costs are summarised for four groups of patients with increasing disease duration and for the total study group
| Cost categories | Disease duration, years | All (n = 615) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to ⩽2 (n = 96) | 2 to ⩽6 (n = 261) | 6 to ⩽10 (n = 152) | ⩾10 (n = 1060) | ||
| Costs are mean (SD) or mean (SD) (range) unless otherwise stated. | |||||
| *Significantly different across the four disease duration groups. | |||||
| Heatlhcare workers* | 1448 (1433) (0–8090) | 825 (1250) (0–1348) | 1002 (1986) (0–16643) | 1262 (1443) (163–6715) | 1041 (1536) (0–16643) |
| Admissions to care facilities* | 1391 (7283) (0–57930) | 665 (4560) (0–62414) | 440 (1675) (0–12248) | 1943 (8293) (0–63077) | 943 (5456) (0–63077) |
| Total hospital costs | 376 (1348) | 505 (4083) | 414 (1512) | 972 (2880) | 543 (3060) |
| Hospitalisation | 376 (1348) | 260 (1385) | 358 (1376) | 775 (2387) | 391 (1602) |
| Surgery | 0 | 246 (3378) | 55 (262) | 197 (686) | 152 (2222) |
| Rehabilitation centre | 1015 (6383) | 159 (1490) | 26 (324) | 971 (6044) | 390 (3700) |
| RA related medication* | 478 (406) (0–2895) | 505 (821) (0–11364) | 509 (674) (0–5851) | 847 (1669) (0–12513) | 561 (957) (0–12513) |
| Devices and adaptations* | 963 (2247) (0–15571) | 1345 (3544) (0–25679) | 2051 (9280) (0–110269) | 3259 (6493) (0–31895) | 1790 (5922) (0–110268) |
| Laboratory tests* | 296 (131) (75–975) | 226 (144) (0–1682) | 222 (169) (0–1144) | 253 (88) (75–564) | 241 (143) (0–1683) |
| Alternative therapies | 103 (338) (0–1815) | 42 (241) (0–2722) | 79 (382) (0–3186) | 20 (118) (0–938) | 57 (285) (0–3186) |
| Total extra costs* | 554 (1094) (0–6080) | 322 (995) (0–12880) | 361 (751) (0–4299) | 659 (1617) (0–13770) | 426 (1099) (0–13770) |
| Additional energy costs | 42 (111) | 30 (91) | 32 (110) | 48 (126) | 35 (105) |
| Diet | 20 (87) | 0 | 16 (82) | 14 (65) | 10 (60) |
| Over the counter medication | 13 (49) | 13 (58) | 13 (75) | 14 (46) | 13 (60) |
| Homeopathy | 72 (276) | 33 (214) | 15 (105) | 16 (59) | 32 (187) |
| Health food | 12 (101) | 5 (37) | 2 (16) | 0 | 5 (47) |
| Payments to friends for help | 15 (61) | 27 (120) | 15 (72) | 40 (162) | 24 (112) |
| Maintenance in and around the house | 153 (570) | 69 (342) | 104 (434) | 129 (393) | 101 (417) |
| Clothing | 51 (301) | 21 (124) | 36 (243) | 9 (69) | 27 (190) |
| Telephone | 26 (102) | 8 (37) | 9 (38) | 31 (87) | 15 (63) |
| Parking permit | 2 (130 | 5 (27) | 15 (85) | 25 (136) | 10 (73) |
| Transportation | 126 (345) | 57 (205) | 75 (281) | 138 (342) | 86 (277) |
| Remaining costs | 0 | 53 (787) | 19 (143) | 85 (530) | 42 (562) |
| Mean (median) (range) total direct costs * | 5235 (2923) (570–74080) | 3930 (1968) (0–67236) | 4664 (1952) (0–124614) | 8243 (3778) (363–73626) | 5058 (2247) (0–124614) |