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Table 5 Average costs per IC user per year

From: The burden of illness in initiating intermittent catheterization: an analysis of German health care claims data

 

PRE-INDEX

POST-INDEX

Pre-Index

FP 1

FP 2

Total, n

1100

1100

1025

Overall healthcare costs in € per individual

 Outpatient sector

1355

1390

1351

 Inpatient sector

10,738

6943

4370

  Due to emergency stays

3646

2529

1623

  Due to UTI*

225

121

111

  ER stay due to UTI* (primary diagnosis)

146

75

49

 Medication**

3298

3509

3165

  Pain medication

141

171

174

  Antibiotics

57

60

47

 Medical aids and remedies

2063

9949

11,036

 Sick pay (sick days)

496 (17.3)

627 (17.6)

247 (9.8)

 Total healthcare costs***

17,950

22,418

20,168

  1. FP follow-up, UTI urinary tract infection, ER emergency room
  2. *based on ICD-10 codes—see Additional file 1: Appendix
  3. **Based on ATC codes—see Additional file 1: Appendix
  4. ***Average amount (€) of health care costs per IC user