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) | |
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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) |