The economic burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Spain

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 DNHC resource consumption per patient during 1-year follow-up by FC, and unit costs

	Resource consumption (hours or % of patients in each FC who need this item)				Unit cost (€)
	FC I-II	FC III	FC IV	Ref	EUR	Ref
Supportive therapies
Rehabilitation/physiotherapy	8.1	2.0	3.2	[39]	€20.86	[40,41,42,43, 45, 47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55, 60]
Nutrition	0.6	0.0	0.8		€50.89	[42, 45, 49]
Psychology	1.6	4.0	2.4		€59.40	[45, 47, 49, 54, 57]
Social work	0.6	1.0	2.4		€46.97	[43, 52, 53, 63]
Oxygen therapy	22%	58%	67%		€7.00	[42, 45, 63, 104]
NIMV	0%	0%	13%		€247.41	[46]
Medical devices
Wheelchair	3%	8%	13%	[39]	€258.15	[106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118]
Walker	3%	0%	0%		€75.53	[106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118]
Adjustable bed	8%	17%	27%		€1,835.71	[119]
Personal care
Informal care	277	581	675		€14.68	[81, 82]
Formal care	99	209	242		€16.25	[81, 82]

(1) Following Hawn (2020) [74], we have assumed a consumption of 365 days of oxygen therapy for those patients who need it, and an average of 12 days per year of hospitalisation due to the need to use Non Invasive Mechanical ventilation (NIMV). (2) Mixed care has been divided equally (50%/50%) between formal and informal care. (3) The average number of annual hours of formal and informal care were calculated by applying the percentage obtained from the HPE-ORG survey (26% and 74%, respectively)

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