Table 1

Chronic disease treatment costs per case derived from the literature used to calculate healthcare costs

DiseaseSample sizeSample populationData collectionPerspectiveMethodCosts per caseDisease durationReference
Type 2
diabetes
1000Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes2009–2010HealthcareMarkov modelling€83 1171LifetimeZhou et al 54
Stroke9064All first stoke cases registered in the national register2009Health and societalAggregated costs€74 138LifetimeGhatnekar et al 55
Dementia111 811Medicare beneficiaries≥65 years1997–2005HealthcareCohort-based simulations€13 767LifetimeYang et al 56
Myocardial infarction41 210Acute myocardial infarction incidences in Alberta, Canada2004–2014HealthcareCohort-based aggregated costs€17 7846 yearsTran et al 57
Heart failure1054Olmsted County residents who fulfilled the special criteria’s established for heart failure2006HealthcareTiangand-Huang method€113 996LifetimeDunlay et al 58
Breast cancer77 009Cohort of elderly Medicare, newly diagnosed cancer patients1998–2004Healthcare5-year aggregated costs€21 1815 yearsYabroff et al 59
Colon cancer44 838Cohort of elderly Medicare, newly diagnosed cancer patients1998–2004Healthcare5-year aggregated costs€42 4615 yearsYabroff et al 59
Lung cancer54 665Cohort of elderly Medicare, newly diagnosed cancer patients1998–2004Healthcare5-year aggregated costs€43 2195 yearsYabroff et al 59
Asthma49 668
Control group:
248 340
Patients with ICD-10-GM asthma code extracted from German sickness fund*2010HealthcareAggregated costs€49 537Lifetime, calculated from a reported one year estimate and thereafter multiplied by the expected life length60 with the diseaseJacob et al 61
  • *ICD-10-GM -The International Statistical Classification Of Diseases And Related Health Problems, 10th revision, German Modification.