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Table 8 Loss of production (indirect costs) due to parents’ and relatives’ absence from work related to the child’s diabetes diagnosis and a summary of direct and indirect costs related to the child’s diagnosis

From: Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses of hospital-based home care compared to hospital-based care for children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; a randomised controlled trial; results after two years’ follow-up

Relation (months from diagnosis)

n

Hospital-based care

n

HBHC

CI of the difference

p-value

SEK Mean (SD)

SEK Mean (SD)

Lower - Upper

Fathers (0–1)

22

30 606 (45 387)

26

34 490 (36 148)

−27 574

19 806

0.743

Fathers (1–6)

21

12 819 (20 110)

22

34 045 (59 059)

−48 635

6 182

0.123

Fathers (6–12)

23

19 707 (70 008)

20

17 154 (25 000)

−30 810

35 916

0.878

Fathers (12–24)

14

7 956 (10 685)

16

4 527 (9 234)

−4 017

10 877

0.354

Fathers (sum of 0–24)

 

19 078 (46 102)

 

24 834 (39 896)

−19 115

7 602

0.396

Mothers (0–1)

26

35 362 (22 138)

28

26 526 (21 121)

−2 978

20 649

0.139

Mothers (1–6)

24

26 482 (52 562)

26

19 050 (31 356)

−16 955

31 819

0.543

Mothers (6–12)

24

22 321 (38 353)

20

5 849 (14 026)

−1 802

34 746

0.076

Mothers (12–24)

16

15 844 (18 559)

16

4 625 (6 926)

857

21 580

0.035*

Mothers (sum of 0–24)

 

26 046 (36 574)

 

15 878 (23 358)

1 141

19 196

0.027*

Parents (0–1)

48

33 182 (34 451)

54

30 361 (29 321)

−9 708

15 351

0.656

Parents (1–6)

44

20 563 (41 290)

47

26 474 (46 584)

−24 295

12 472

0.524

Parents (6–12)

47

21 042 (55 509)

40

11 501 (20 811)

−8 937

28 017

0.308

Parents (12–24)

30

12 163 (15 664)

32

4 576 (8 029)

−1 147

14 028

0.022*

Parents (sum of 0–24)

169

22 789 (41 323)

173

20 175 (35 577)

−5 290

10 519

0.516

Relatives (0–24)

5

12 560 (14 346)

13

7 125 (5 031)

−12 182

23 052

0.451

aSum families (0–24)

 

23 161 (41 316)

 

20 710 (32 898)

−5 484

10 385

0.544

Sum direct and indirect costs (0–24)

30

220 270 (166 253)

30

176 769 (95 213)

−26 516

113 519

0.219

  1. Note: USD 1 = SEK 6.50, EUR 1 = SEK 9.03 (year 2011) average exchange rate www.riksbank.se
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. a Parents and relatives together