Research Article
Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden
Table 4
Estimated monthly costs for formal and informal care per home care user and per person with MS in the sample (euro, 2012 prices).
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Monthly cost per home care user* | Monthly cost per person with MS** () | | | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI |
| | Formal care | | | | | | | | (Home help services and/or personal assistant) | 12 037 | 10 282 | 13 791 | 2 873 | 2 299 | 3448 | | By disease severity | | | | | | | Mild (EDSS 0–3) | 202 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | | Moderate (EDSS 4–6) | 1 918 | −300 | 4 137 | 184 | −36 | 403 | | Severe (EDSS ≥ 6.5) | 13 443 | 11 516 | 15 369 | 7 641 | 6 227 | 9 055 | | Informal care | 893 | 759 | 1 026 | 389 | 327 | 451 | | By disease severity | | | | | | | | Mild (EDSS 0–3) | 345 | 213 | 478 | 62 | 33 | 91 | | Moderate (EDSS 4–6) | 527 | 412 | 643 | 278 | 208 | 347 | | Severe (EDSS ≥ 6.5) | 1 302 | 1 066 | 1 538 | 805 | 653 | 957 | | Total home care | 5 640 | 4 688 | 6 593 | 3 262 | 2 677 | 3 848 | | By disease severity | | | | | | | | Mild (EDSS 0–3) | 342 | 66 | 212 | 63 | 0 | 0 | | Moderate (EDSS 4–6) | 791 | 408 | 1 174 | 461 | 34 | 92 | | Severe (EDSS ≥ 6.5) | 9 204 | 7 696 | 10 712 | 8 446 | 233 | 689 |
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Estimated for those who availed of formal and/or informal care in sample.
**Estimated for all respondents in the sample, whether had home care or not.
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