Patient, family and productivity costs of end-stage renal disease in the Netherlands; exposing non-healthcare related costs

Table 5 Mean annual productivity costs in 2016 euro’s

	*Transplant recipients (n = 165)*			*Dialysis patients (n = 65)*
Productivity costs	Mean (SD)		% users	Mean (SD)		% users
Absenteeism^{a, b}
Days less worked	5	(20)	7	6	(18)	12
Costs absenteeism in €	1185	(5372)		1302	(4314)
Presenteeism^a
Hours less worked	33	(117)	12	85	(409)	12
Costs presenteeism in €	1160	(4080)		3231	(15631)
Unpaid/voluntary work
Average hours less worked	223	(577)	41	763	(1351)	52
Costs of missed unpaid work in €^a	3120	(8080)		10,675	(18918)
Total	5464	(10754)		15,208	(29706)

^aEmployment rate for transplant recipients was 30% and for dialysis patients was 20% ^bcalculated using the friction method (costs include max 12 weeks of paid work)

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