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Table 3 Totala and attributableb average cost per individual in years 1–3 after a first-time hospital diagnosis of atrial fibrillation

From: Cost of illness of atrial fibrillation: a nationwide study of societal impact

 

Cost, year 1

(N = 15,237 AF patients)

Cost, year 2

(N = 11,403 AF patients)

Cost, year 3

(N = 9734 AF patients)

Sum, year 1–3

Total

Attributable

Total

Attributable

Total

Attributable

Total

Attributable

Primary sector costs

222

206

121

103

75

80

418

389

Outpatient costs

1708

1533

567

388

399

203

2673

2125

Hospital admission costs

6657

6336

5457

5398

4456

4531

16,570

16,265

Medicine costs

169

143

186

155

210

186

564

484

Productivity loss

2012

824

2697

191

3824

160

8533

1176

Home care costs

1237

992

1241

819

920

629

3397

2439

Total

12,005

10,034

10,268

7055

9883

5788

32,156

22,878

  1. aTotal costs after AF diagnosis was defined as the average cost per AF-patient 1st, 2nd and 3rd year after the AF diagnosis date (including primary sector, outpatient, hospital admission, medicine, productivity loss and home care) minus the average cost per patient the year before the AF diagnosis date
  2. bThe total costs of AF minus the total costs among the controls. Data are from the latest available year with up to 3 years of follow-up (i.e. patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in 2010). All costs are in euros and based on 2013 prices