TY - JOUR
TI - Investigating the economic burden of ALS in Greece: A cost-of-illness
approach
AU - Athanasakis, Kostas
AU - Kyriopoulos, Ilias-Ioannis
AU - Sideris, Manthos
AU - and Rentzos, Michael
AU - Evdokimidis, John
AU - Kyriopoulos, John
JO - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
PY - 2015
VL - 16
TODO - 1-2
SP - 63-64
PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD LONDON
SN - 2167-8421, 2167-9223
TODO - 10.3109/21678421.2014.932384
TODO - Cost-of-illness; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; health economics
TODO - The present study aims to investigate the economic burden of ALS per
patient in Greece. A sample of 33 patients who were monitored in
Aeginition University Hospital in Athens, a reference centre for ALS in
Greece, was used for the calculations. According to the findings of this
study the total annual cost per ALS patient in Greece was (sic) 7450.
The direct cost was estimated at (sic) 4305 (or 57.8% of the total
cost), while the indirect cost was (sic) 3145 (or 42.2% of the total
cost). Medications, professional home help and cost due to work
absenteeism were the leading components of total cost. In general, the
aforementioned amount is considered substantial, albeit lower than the
corresponding amount of other countries.
ER -