Indirect costs associated with ulcerative colitis: a systematic literature review of real-world data

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 5 Indirect costs associated with presenteeism in UC

Author, year	Country	% of patients experiencing presenteeism	On the job productivity loss (%) due to UC per patient per week	Cost		Cost adjusted
Author, year	Country	% of patients experiencing presenteeism		Total indirect cost for presenteeism per patient per year	Currency, base year	Total indirect cost for presenteeism per patient per year	Currency, base year
Kawalec et al. 2017 [14]	Poland	55.20%	19.38%	1346	EURO, 2014	1602.1	$, 2017
Mandel et al. 2014^a [1]	Hungary	NR	19.42%	2410	EURO, 2013	2947.2	$, 2017

NB: The publication by Katz Avitan et al. [2] conducted in Israel (not reported in the table) demonstrated that 19% of UC patients (N = 150) experienced presesenteeism
^aThe study by Mandel et al. [1] reported 7.77 h lost due to presentism per patient per week. Value was converted using a 40 h labor week

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