Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Direct Costs Associated with the Management of Neuropathic Pain

Table 4

Direct costs associated with diagnosis, medications, and follow-up medical consultations for patients with neuropathic pain in Colombia.

Direct costs	Cost per patient US dollars (mean)	Total cost US dollars
Neuropathic pain diagnosis
Diagnostic images (n = 624)– mean cost	$ 60.9 ± 123.0
Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis (n = 361)	$ 88.3 ± 145.3	$ 31,883.1
Other mononeuropathies (n = 101)	$ 15.7 ± 61.2	$ 1,590.3
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (n = 64)	$ 29.0 ± 75.4	$ 1,855.7
Other polyneuropathies (n = 33)	$ 38.3 ± 91.4	$ 1,264.7
Mononeuropathies of lower limb (n = 20)	$ 17.7 ± 51.9	$ 354.8
Diabetic polyneuropathy (n = 18)	$ 7.0 ± 17.8	$ 126.1
Diagnostic Imaging (n = 341)	$ 111.4 ± 123.3	$ 37,991.8
Electromyography and nerve conduction (n = 100)	$ 35.1 ± 13.4	$ 3,510.0
Average total cost (n = 624)	$ 66.6 ± 125.5	$ 41.501.9
Medications (during the two years of follow-up)
Medication cost per year - mean (n = 624)	$ 61.5 ± 47.5	$ 38,364.3
Total Cost of medicines - (2 years) (n = 624)		$ 76,728.5
Medical consultations (during the two years of follow-up)
Mean cost of medical consultation (general and specialties) (n = 624)	$ 62.2 ± 27.0	$ 38,809.5

mean considering the total population. mean considering only those who used the test.