Table 7
Yearly costs for 100 patients with multiple sclerosis in Flanders according to disability
| Disability grade | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | Total | ||||||
| Residence | Home | Home | Home | SH | Home | SH | SPN | NuHo | ||
| Days per year in institution | 1.9 | 4.9 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 365 | 365 | ||
| Prevalence (%) | 35% | 24% | 22.75% | 0.25% | 11.25% | 0.25% | 2% | 4.5% | 100 | |
| Medical costs: | ||||||||||
| Ambulatory care | 15087 | 44596 | 79255 | 1200 | 96237 | 1908 | 0 | 0 | 238238 | |
| Outpatient pharmacy | 6602 | 13608 | 20055 | 417 | 17034 | 1064 | 0 | 0 | 58780 | |
| Hospital care | 20248 | 37888 | 103531 | 1138 | 85704 | 1905 | 92509 | 112347 | 455270 | |
| Hospital pharmacy | 2982 | 4895 | 9079 | 100 | 3891 | 86 | 3413 | 3572 | 28020 | |
| Subtotal | 44919 | 100988 | 211921 | 2855 | 202866 | 4963 | 95922 | 115919 | 780353 | |
| Social assistance | 0 | 6272 | 35658 | 2139 | 13942 | 5472 | 0 | 0 | 63483 | |
| Adaptions/prosthetics | 3497 | 15310 | 51190 | 193 | 19341 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 89790 | |
| Total direct costs | 48416 | 122570 | 298769 | 5187 | 236149 | 10694 | 95922 | 115919 | 933625 | |
