The Journal of Headache and Pain

Table 6 Annual cost of medications by gender, age and migraine status

From: Cost of chronic and episodic migraine patients in continuous treatment for two years in a tertiary level headache Centre

Gender	N.	Acute NHS	p-value	Acute PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS	p-value	Preventive PRI	p-value	Acute NHS + PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS + PRI	p-value
Men	80	131 €	0.007	23 €	NS	819 €	NS	106 €	0.009	154 €	0.010	925 €	0.013
Women	468	174 €	0.007	23 €	NS	983 €	NS	141 €	0.009	197 €	0.010	1124 €	0.013
Age	N.	Acute NHS	p-value	Acute PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS	p-value	Preventive PRI	p-value	Acute NHS + PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS + PRI	p-value
18-34	57	139 €	< 0.0001	17 €	0.045	625 €	< 0.0001	126 €	0.039	156 €	< 0.0001	751 €	0.003
35-44	63	206 €		39 €		902 €		154 €		245 €		1056 €
45-54	196	200 €		17 €		948 €		148 €		217 €		1096 €
55-64	155	163 €		22 €		1094 €		130 €		185 €		1223 €
> 65	77	84 €		33 €		1008 €		113 €		117 €		1120 €
Diagnosis	N.	Acute NHS	p-value	Acute PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS	p-value	Preventive PRI	p-value	Acute NHS + PRI	p-value	Preventive NHS + PRI	p-value
CM	359	191 €	0.001	27 €	NS	1451 €	< 0.0001	139 €	NS	218 €	< 0.0001	1590 €	< 0.0001
EM	189	123 €	0.001	16 €	NS	24 €	< 0.0001	132 €	NS	139 €	< 0.0001	155 €	< 0.0001
Total	548	168 €		23 €		959 €		136 €		191 €		1095 €

CM chronic migraine, EM episodic migraine, NHS National Health System, PRI private cost.
Costs are calculated in 2019 Euros.

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