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Table 3  Mean (SD) NHS costs in Euros per patient in the pre-intervention and post-intervention period

From: Effectiveness and economic impact of Dupilumab in asthma: a population-based cohort study

 

Pre-intervention period

Post-intervention period

p-value

Hospitalizations

124.8 (744.4)

38.4 (288.8)

0.153

 Respiratory

87.9 (664.1)

10.4 (137.6)

0.131

 Non respiratory

36.9 (345.9)

28.0 (255.0)

0.783

Emergency room visits

24.2 (142.4)

30.0 (205.9)

0.758

 Respiratory

7.3 (62.9)

3.8 (40.0)

0.530

 Non respiratory

16.9 (93.3)

26.3 (168.4)

0.519

Drugs

337.7 (427.0)

6394.7 (1673.8)

< 0.001

 Dupilumab

0 (0)

6008.2 (1185.7)

< 0.001

 Mepolizumab and Benralizumab

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Specifics*

199.1 (181.5)

160.0 (182.6)

0.045

 Others

138.7 (352.5)

226.4 (1263.1)

0.376

Outpatient services

212.8 (370.9)

320.4 (401.5)

0.009

 Respiratory

13.1 (36.9)

35.6 (79.0)

0.001

 Non respiratory

199.7 (360.6)

284.9 (384.6)

0.033

Total

699.5 (1189.4)

6783.5 (1858.0)

< 0.001

  1. *Anti-asthmatic drugs other than biologics. P-value for the comparisons of outcome measures between pre-intervention and post-intervention period (i.e., p-value of χ2 test for categorical variable or of the Student’s t-test for the means of paired samples for continuous variables). §Hospital admissions, also including ER accesses, for asthma exacerbations. ¥On patients who experienced at least one hospital admission, or ER access, for asthma exacerbations