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Table 3 Costs (€) of the ADHD group in comparison to the control group after the index event by age groups

From: Costs and treatment patterns of incident ADHD patients - a comparative analysis before and after the initial diagnosis -

Type of costs

0–5 years

6–17 years

18 years and older

ADHD

Control group

ADHD

Control Group

ADHD

Control Group

N = 619

N = 1857

N = 7226

N = 21678

N = 1238

N = 3714

Mean [SD]

Mean [SD]

Mean [SD]

Mean [SD]

Mean [SD]

Mean [SD]

Median

Median

Median

Median

Median

Median

Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum

Remedies and aidsa

740b [744]

198 [517]

368b [586]

99 [606]

179b [534]

86 [410]

627

0

28

0

0

0

0–3805

0–9056

0–8906

0–48692

0–8229

0–8598

Outpatient care

661b [552]

194 [161]

796b [649]

140 [311]

902b [836]

179 [279]

472

154

619

89

631

94

61–4314

0–1407

0–8709

0–34520

0–7587

0–7451

Outpatient surgerya

24 [170]

16 [137]

7 [83]

6 [77]

8 [81]

13 [120]

0

0

0

0

0

0

0–2912

0–2879

0–2604

0–2873

0–1439

0–3153

Inpatient carea

323b [1259]

146 [752]

641b [3596]

125 [1449]

1280b [3965]

269 [1478]

0

0

0

0

0

0

0–16932

0–20084

0–125854

0–113917

0–42933

0–39432

Pharmaceuticalsa

133b [222]

95 [337]

326b [1246]

110 [1918]

465b [1503]

267 [5112]

67

45

111

21

135

14

0–2417

0–10849

0–33929

0–224394

0–42436

0–304164

Sick leave paymentsa

-

-

-

-

330b [2110]

98 [1325]

0

0

0–27822

0–40374

Rehabilitationa

17 [222]

13 [232]

22b [337]

7 [247]

74b [683]

24 [532]

0

0

0

0

0

0

0–3814

0–4944

0–12600

0–23733

0–13500

0–28659

Totala

1898b

662 [1182]

2160b [4003]

487 [2834]

3239b [5673]

936 [5703]

1494

291

1355

147

1321

149

61–21540

0–21694

25–125936

0–226983

43–54196

0–304189

  1. asignificant difference between the different ADHS age groups (at the 0.05-α-level); bsignificant difference compared to the control group (at the 0.05-α-level); SD: standard deviation