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Table 9 Calculation of total costs

From: The social and economic burden on family caregivers for older adults in the Czech Republic

Questionnaire results

Public records

Direct costs

Medical costs

Cost type

€ / year

General Health Insurance Company – Yearbook 2016

€ / year

Supplementary payments: medication and treatment

511

I. Diabetes; Neoplasms

221

II. Cancer; and Nervous system diseases

628

III. – Senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

424

Averagea

422

Total averageb

1015

Non-medical costs

Caregiving services

1852

 

Medical device and equipement

412

Total

2264

Indirect costs

Including retired caregivers

40,113

Total general averagec

3375

Excluding retired caregivers

33,680

Total on average

36,888

  1. a Average direct costs of the three most popular segments selected from the questionnaire;
  2. b Average direct costs for one insured patient (GHIC, 2016);
  3. cGeneral calculation using the opportunity cost method and public records