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Table 1 Cost categories from sickness fund and societal perspectives

From: The economic impact of Marfan syndrome: a non-experimental, retrospective, population-based matched cohort study

Cost type Perspective
  Sickness fund Societal
Direct medical costs   
  Inpatient treatment ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓a
  Outpatient treatment ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓a
  Care by non-physicians ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓
  Pharmaceuticals ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓a
  Devices and medical appliances ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓
  Rehabilitation ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓
  Medical services (nursing care at home) ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓
Direct non-medical costs   
  Administration ✓| ✓ ✓| ✓
  Sick leave compensation ✓| ✓ ✗| ✗
  Travel expenses ✓| ✓ ✓| Ⓧb
  Other non-medical services ✓| ✓ ✓| Ⓧb
  Informal care by family caregivers ✗| ✗ ✓| ✓
  Patient time (loss of leisure time) ✗| ✗ ✓| ✗
Indirect costs   
  Reduced productivity at work ✗| ✗ ✓| ✗
  Lost production (absence, disability, premature death) ✗| ✗ ✓| ✓
  1. The first sign reflects the relevance of the cost item from the respective perspective, whereas the second sign reflects whether the item is included in this analysis.
  2. ✓relevant | included; ✗ not relevant | not included; Ⓧ partially included.
  3. acomprises patient co-payments in addition; bonly comprises costs borne by sickness fund.
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172