Table 2 Healthcare and non-healthcare costs
Cost category | Measure | Data source | € (2022) | Tornado diagram | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | |||||
Low | High | ||||
Healthcare direct costs | |||||
Antibiotic medication | mean standard treatment cost | Official prices [25] | 5.20 | 4.42 | 5.98 |
Amoxicillin | 4.58 | ||||
Amoxicillin-clavulanate | 6.24 | ||||
Phenoxymethylpenicillin (penicillin V) | 5.89 | ||||
Cefuroxime | 11.62 | ||||
Non-antibiotic medication | mean standard treatment cost | Official prices [25] | 2.50 | 2.13 | 2.88 |
ED visits | complications (minor emergency) | Rates 2020 [26] | 215 | 182.75 | 247.25 |
complications (non-urgent) | Rates 2020 [26] | 130 | 110.50 | 149.50 | |
PC visits | initial, additional, and adverse effects visits | Rates 2020 [26] | 50 | 42.50 | 57.50 |
Doctor time (NAP and DAP) | mean 1 min | Research team consensus | 5 | 4.25 | 5.75 |
Non-healthcare direct and indirect costs | |||||
Expenditure per visit | no. of visits x (travel/visit time + transport + parking) | 16.50 | 14.03 | 18.98 | |
Time per visit | mean 40 min (travel/visit) | Research team consensus | 10.50 | ||
Transport per km | mean 0.20 € | Captio report [27] | 1 | ||
Parking per visit | mean cost | Rates 2022 [28] | 5 | ||
Time lost to work | hourly wage | INE [29] | 15.85 | 13.47 | 18.23 |
AMR cost | |||||
AMR | expected antibiotic cost, 30 days | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.23 | |