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Table 4 Direct and indirect 1-year cost in € per patient with cluster headache

From: The economic and personal burden of cluster headache: a controlled cross-sectional study

 

Episodic cluster headache (n = 253)

Chronic cluster headache (n = 146)

All (n = 400)

Direct cost

 Oxygen, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

297 (317)

N = 152

961 (495)

N = 117

542 (506)

N = 270

 Triptans, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

1,709 (4,349)

N = 128

5,470 (13,467)

N = 84

3,077 (9,008)

N = 234

 General practitioners, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

35 (76)

N = 113

72 (162)

N = 72

49 (116)

N = 185

 Acute medicine, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

28 (100)

N = 32

190 (1229)

N = 27

87 (749)

N = 59

 Neurologist, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

38 (94)

N = 60

68 (158)

N = 50

49 (122)

N = 110

 Hospital outpatient clinic, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

352 (738)

N = 88

767 (1,186)

N = 78

503 (947)

N = 166

 Hospital admittance, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

303 (12,01)

N = 24

1,630 (4,601)

N = 30

871 (3,427)

N = 55

Total annual direct cost per patient in €, mean (SD)

2,763 (4,741)

9,158 (14,237)

5,178 (9,980)

Difference: 6,395, p < 0.001

 

Indirect cost

 Sick days, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

1,337 (3,924)

N = 90

5,345 (15,248)

N = 30

2,797 (9,898)

N = 120

 Disability pension, €/year, mean (SD)

  Recipients

2,221 (7,229)

N = 23

6,464 (11,384)

N = 40

3,764 (9,182)

N = 63

Total annual indirect cost per patient in €, mean (SD)

3,558 (7,855) €/year

11,809 (17,104)

6,561 (1,2696)

Difference: 8,240, p < 0.001

 

Total annual cost per patient in €, mean (SD)

6,321 (9,928)

20,967 (23,051)

11,739 (17,507)