Country (pricing year) | Ireland (2008) [30] | Sweden (2008) [43] | Denmark (2010) [41] | United States (2010) [42] |
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Data source | Postal survey | National and regional healthcare administrative registries | National administrative healthcare registries | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
Pain definition | Chronic pain and conditions it | Diagnoses related to chronic pain | Pain-intensive diagnoses (n = 1,918,823) | Pain limiting ability to work; diagnoses of joint pain or arthritis; disability limiting ability to work (n = 20,214) |
features (n = 140) | (n = 837,896) | |||
Total cost/patient/year | €5,665 | €6,429 | Healthcare costs: DKK34,784–208,830/year (depending on condition), 2010 | ND |
Type of cost (% of total) | Direct healthcare: 52% | Direct healthcare: 41% | Direct healthcare: 71% | Direct healthcare: 47% |
Indirect: 48% | Indirect: 59% | Indirect: 29% | Indirect: 53% | |
National cost estimate/year | €5.34 billion | €32 billion | DKK17.8 billion | $560–635 billion |
~3% of GDP | ~10% of GDP | ~4% of GDPa |