Table 5 Patient costs over the 3 months preceding the first questionnaire completed – totals and by EDSS score
From: Health utilities and costs for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
|  | Total costs Mean (95% CR) | EDSS ≤ 4.0 Mean (95% CR) | 4.5 ≤ EDSS ≤ 6.5 Mean (95% CR) | 7.0 ≤ EDSS ≤ 7.5 Mean (95% CR) | 8.0 ≤ EDSS ≤ 9.5 Mean (95% CR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Travel | £69 (£49–£89) | £43 (£14–£84) | £68 (£13–102) | £56 (£3–£110) | £157 (£89–218) |
Patient Costs | £704 (£217–£1511) | – | £366 (£33–£1113) | £162 (£2–£324) | £4898 (£1030–£12,984) |
GP Practice | £154 (£124–£197) | £93 (£49–£143) | £151 (£110–£199 | £225 (£111–£437) | £259 (£153–£419) |
Other contacts | £55 (£33–£98) | £12 (£4–£23) | £36 (£19–£67) | £33 (£0–£75) | £269 (£89–539) |
Tests | £78 (£61–£104) | £70 (£31–£120) | £78 (£55–£113) | £102 (£29–£189) | £241 (£124–£372) |
Medications | £607 (£208–£1459) | £89 (£44–£180) | £1135 (£289–£3422) | £216 (£96–£412) | £408 (£112–£917) |
A&E attendances | £70 (£44–122) | £23 (£0–£67) | £70 (£35–£117) | £160 (£0–£366) | £116 (£15–291) |
Hospital out-patients | £318 (£245–£420) | £212 (£125–£323) | £322 (£201–£426) | £482 (£270–£957) | £428 (£179–921) |
Hospital in-patient stay | £3954 (£509–£9221) | £23 (£0–£90) | £1436 (£22–£3778) | £4670 (£0–£13,829) | £25,951 (£0–£71,746) |
Total cost | £5623 (£2096–£12,156) | £562 (£381–£812) | £3674 (£1813–£6347) | £6106 (£923–£20,562) | £32,717 (£2888–£98,568) |