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Table 4 Distribution of treatment costs per year

From: Long-term implications of structured transition of adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease into adult health care: a retrospective study

 

Transfer (n = 11)

Transition (n = 24)

p-value

Total expenditures

7,917 € (±7,766 €)

6,395 € (±8,768 €)

0.374#

Medical treatment with biologicals

3,963 € (±5,609 €)

4,301 € (±8,645 €)

0.529#

Surgery and hospitalization

2,691 € (±4,150 €)

744 € (±630 €)

0.050#

Medical treatment with non-biologicals

1,089 € (±392 €)

1,276 € (±567 €)

0.330^

 Thiopurines

349 € (±149 €)

412 € (±159 €)

0.275^

 5-ASA

694 € (±448 €)

836 € (±544 €)

0.252#

 Steroids

45 € (±54 €)

28 € (±33 €)

0.655#

Exclusive enteral nutrition

109 € (±236 €)

38 € (±70 €)

0.476#

Additional outpatient investigations

66 € (±64 €)

37 € (±40 €)

0.192#

  1. Legend. 5-ASA, 5-aminosalicylates; #Mann-Whitney U test; ^2-sample t test. Data are represented as mean (±SD)