RA related direct and productivity costs in physical units (only cost domains with costs of > €0)
| Cost domain | Physical units |
|---|---|
| Visits to physicians | • Total of 4477 visits to general practitioners, |
| • Total of 3555 visits to rheumatologists, | |
| • Total of 841 visits to other specialists (related to RA) | |
| Outpatient surgery | • Total of 25 outpatient surgical procedures |
| Non-physician service use | • Total of 179 non-physician service visits |
| Drugs | • Number of patients receiving respective treatment: |
| DMARDs | 311 |
| Steroids | 255 |
| NSAIDs | 232 |
| Osteoporosis drugs | 189 |
| Analgesics | 106 |
| Gastroprotective drugs | 249 |
| Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and test | • Total of number of procedures: |
| Imaging of bones and chest | 420 |
| Laboratory tests | 20829 |
| Other procedures | 458 |
| Devices and aids | • Total of number of prescriptions: 255 |
| Acute and non-acute hospital facilities (without surgery) | • Total number of inpatient days: 430 |
| Hospital facilities (surgery) | • Total number of inpatient days: 266 |
| Transportation | • Total number of trips: 703 |
| Sick leave | • 96 Patients were gainfully employed. |
| • They incurred a total of 5395 sick leave days | |
| Work disability | • At the beginning of the year 98 patients were retired prematurely owing to work disability, at the end of the year it was 99 patients |