Research Article
Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania
Table 5
The average annual indirect costs of RA per patient.
| | cost/patient/year as cohort | € | % of cost category |
| | unpaid work cost | 253.74 | 6.4 % of IC | | temporary work disability cost (sick leave) | 78.87 | 1.98% of IC | | permanent work disability cost (sick retirement) | 3636.1 | 91.62% of IC | | total indirect costs /patient/year | 3968.71 | |
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Notes: for the 2014 fiscal year, the average annual currency rate published by Romanian National Bank was 1 € = 4.4446 lei [ 22]. |
