Patient, family and productivity costs of end-stage renal disease in the Netherlands; exposing non-healthcare related costs

Table 1 Cost components and associated unit costs in 2016 euro’s

Cost component	Cost per unit €
Patient & family related costs
Informal care (hour)	14
Co-payments medication/formal home care	Based on real expenses
Travel expenses
Car or public transport (per km)^a	0.19
Taxi (per km) + €3 start tariff	2.68
Parking (per day)	Based on real expenses
Productivity costs
Paid work men (hour) ^b	38
Paid work women (hour) ^b	32
Unpaid work (hour)	14

^aIncluding gasoline, maintenance and depreciation costs of car; ^bFriction period is 85 calendar days (12 weeks)

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