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

Table 4 Total average cost per individual in years 1–3 after a first-time hospital diagnosis of atrial fibrillation according to occurrence of ischaemic stroke within the first year after diagnosis

	Patients without ischemic stroke Sum of costs, years 1–3 (N = 13,492 AF patients)	Patients with ischemic stroke Sum of costs, years 1–3 (N = 682 AF patients)	Average costs attributable to ischemic stroke Sum of costs, years 1–3
Primary sector costs	365	1412	1047
Outpatient costs	2670	2314	−357
Hospital admission costs	15,112	63,692	48,580
Medicine costs	554	861	307
Productivity loss	8660	8919	258
Home care costs	2703	12,312	9609
Total	30,066	89,510	59,443

Attributable cost reflects cost attributable to ischaemic stroke and was estimated as the total cost of AF patient with subsequent stroke minus the total cost among AF patients without stroke. 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

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