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Table 2 Unit costs used in the study

From: Direct vitamin k antagonist anticoagulant treatment health care costs in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Health-care resource

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

Scenario 4

First-hospital visit a,c

€124

€124

€124

€17.41

Second and subsequent hospital visits a,c

€74

With incident: €74

€17.41

€17.41

Without incident: €17.41

Anticoagulant treatment (VKA)b

€0.098/mg

Rescue medicationb

LMWH €3.121/dose

Vitamin K: €0.376

INR monitoringc

€2.73

DRG hospital admissionc

Thrombosis: €5,418

 

Hemorrhage: €3,736

  1. aSource: regional health service price list (reference [22]).
  2. bSource: Reference [21].
  3. cSource: hospital cost accounting.
  4. LMWH low molecular weight heparin.