Annual mean costs (€) of treating patients with CD and UC in the gastroenterological clinic
| CD (n=794) | UC (n=1414) | |
| Intensive care unit | 5 (109) | 11 (191) |
| Hospitalisation | 86 (508) | 80 (485) |
| Imaging | 88 (167) | 35* (129) |
| PET imaging | 0 | 1 (42) |
| Outpatient clinic | 537 (517) | 402* (479) |
| Medication | 750 (2658) | 394† (1736) |
| Pathology | 26 (50) | 27 (42) |
| Diagnostic procedures | 195 (387) | 156‡ (255) |
| Total gastroenterological clinic costs | 2118 (3577) | 1390* (2678) |
SD presented in parentheses.
*P<0.001.
†P<0.01.
‡P<0.05, otherwise no statistically significant difference.
CD, Crohn’s disease; PET, positron emission tomography; UC, ulcerative colitis.