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Table 4 Annual all-cause and MDD-related costs during the follow-up period

From: Incremental burden of relapse in patients with major depressive disorder: a real-world, retrospective cohort study using claims data

 

Annual all-cause costs (US$)

Annual MDD-related costs (US$)

Patients with relapse (n = 7093)

Patients without relapse (n = 7093)

p value

Patients with relapse (n = 7093)

Patients without relapse (n = 7093)

p value

Hospitalization costs

785 (4959)

573 (4713)

.0089

32 (469)

3 (46)

<.0001

ED costs

1028 (3451)

429 (1344)

<.0001

24 (222)

7 (158)

<.0001

Laboratory costs

558 (2023)

422 (1484)

<.0001

9 (85)

8 (91)

.3310

Outpatient costs

6391 (16,625)

5537 (14,548)

.0011

703 (1773)

591 (1498)

<.0001

Other costs

1242 (4930)

1122 (5349)

.1671

19 (213)

11 (217)

.0284

Medical costs

10,004 (21,126)

8084 (19,460)

<.0001

787 (1976)

619 (1553)

<.0001

Pharmacy costs

2590 (7593)

2361 (9827)

.1210

251 (893)

244 (722)

.5997

Total costs (pharmacy and medical)

12,594 (24,003)

10,445 (23,288)

<.0001

1038 (2201)

863 (1763)

<.0001

  1. Significant p values (<.05) are shown in italics
  2. ED Emergency department, MDD Major depressive disorder, SD Standard deviation
  3. aCosts reported as US$ mean (SD)