Table 3 Summary of the cost components (studies with an incident and mixed approach are underlined)
From: Cost-of-illness studies in heart failure: a systematic review 2004–2016
Cost components | (37) | (29) | (36) | (35) | (28) | (23) | (24) | (30) | (38) | (31) | (32) | (27) | (34) | (33) | (26) | (25) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct costs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Inpatient care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Medication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Laboratory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Physicians | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
Intensive care units | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
Nursing home | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Outpatient care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hospital Outpatient care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Physicians | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Specialist | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Home care | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
Medication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Laboratory /Procedures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
Paramedical staff | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Medical transport | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Indirect costs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Informal care costs | ✓ | ✓ |