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Table 2 Direct and indirect costs of patients with asthma during 2015 and a 95% Confidence Interval based on 1000 bootstrap samples

From: The economic burden of adult asthma in Cyprus; a prevalence-based cost of illness study

Type of Cost

Units

Unit Cost

Mean Cost per patient (€)

%

95% Confidence Interval (€)

Direct Medical

 Visits to the doctor

35

€50.00/visit

48.61

8.39%

25.00

77.49

 Ancillary Servicesa

n.a

n.a

49.72

8.58%

14.51

97.33

 Medicationa

n.a

n.a

207.97

35.88%

80.35

367.51

 Emergency Department Visits

12

€50.00/visit

16.67

2.88%

2.44

33.33

 Hospitalisations

25

€220.00/day

152.78

26.36%

98.63

214.76

Total

  

475.75

82.08%

296.94

697.69

Indirect

 Lost Income

 

€85/day

103.89

17.92%

49.59

181.46

Overall

  

579.64

 

376.90

813.68

  1. n.a not applicable
  2. aIncludes all relevant laboratory and radiology tests/drugs of various prices