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Table 3 Total healthcare cost per month by baseline total calcium, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey

From: Impact of mineral and bone disorder on healthcare resource use and associated costs in the European Fresenius medical care dialysis population: a retrospective cohort study

 

Baseline total calcium*, mmol/mL

Total

< 2.10

≥ 2.10 – ≤ 2.37

> 2.37

Missing

N patients

833

2980

1405

168

5386

Total cost per month (including patients with zero costs), 2006 €

  Mean

70.52

72.57

86.09

75.96

75.89

  SD

308.29

233.85

171.97

171.79

231.52

  Median

23.02

25.83

37.39

36.51

28.61

  Q1, Q3

7.34, 68.65

8.32, 79.72

9.88, 104.82

9.87, 78.81

8.55, 83.69

  Min, Max

0.00, 7518.35

0.00, 9533.54

0.00, 3790.69

0.00, 1766.00

0.00, 9533.54

Patients with total cost per month > €0, n (%)

759 (91)

2742 (92)

1274 (91)

163 (97)

4938 (92)

Cost of hospitalisations per month (including patients with zero costs), 2006 €

  Mean

26.33

21.08

19.91

32.71

21.95

  SD

303.23

221.58

150.74

171.24

219.56

  Median

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  Q1, Q3

0.00, 0.00

0.00, 0.00

0.00, 0.00

0.00, 0.00

0.00, 0.00

  Min, Max

0.00, 7501.80

0.00, 9533.54

0.00, 3790.69

0.00, 1766.00

0.00, 9533.54

Patients with hospitalisation cost per month > €0, n (%)

33 (4)

136 (5)

74 (5)

11 (7)

254 (5)

Cost of medications per month (including patients with zero costs), 2006 €

  Mean

44.19

51.49

66.18

43.25

53.94

  SD

61.73

70.83

83.31

40.75

72.70

  Median

20.08

23.49

35.89

32.38

26.02

  Q1, Q3

6.32, 59.11

7.89, 70.28

9.26, 91.74

8.51, 64.91

8.04, 74.56

  Min, Max

0.00, 549.78

0.00, 709.97

0.00, 589.91

0.00, 159.19

0.00, 709.97

Patients with medication cost per month > €0, n (%)

754 (91)

2737 (92)

1269 (90)

160 (95)

4920 (91)

  1. *Mean total calcium during 3-month baseline period.