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Table 3 Expenditure per direct resource according to demographic and economic profile of patients with SLE (N = 300)

From: Characterization of the patterns of care, access, and direct cost of systemic lupus erythematosus in Brazil: findings from the Macunaíma study

Variable, n (%)

Drugs

(median [IQR])

Consultation (median [IQR])

Exams (median [IQR])

Hospitalization

(median [IQR])

Home adaptation (median [IQR])

Transportation

(median [IQR])

Services

(median [IQR])

Caregiver

(median [IQR])

Total cost, per patient/ per year (median [IQR])

Race/color, n (%)*

White, 76 (25.0)

997.6

[498.4, 766.3]

30.1

[23.1, 52.0]

132.8

[92.5, 191.9]

853.2

[405.7, 1858.0]

14.2

[14.2, 35.4]

9.4

[9.0, 18.9]

1202.8

[1061.3, 1662.7]

35.4

[21.2, 126.2]

1916.2

[702.8, 4175.2]

Black, 56 (18.6)

1086.2

[309.4, 496.5]

40.4

[28.9, 76.6]

123.6

[48.1, 240.2]

1231.9

[520.3, 2220.3]

35.4

[14.2, 96.7]

9.4

[8.3, 17.9]

2264.2

[1285.4, 2971.7]

47.2

[31.8, 613.2]

1803.9

[577.0, 5505.4]

Multiracial, 161 (56.6)

902.4

[451.5, 4015.6]

34.7

[23.1, 57.8]

123.8

[72.8, 189.6]

1007.7

[381.2, 2872.2]

38.4

[15.9, 66.0]

9.0

[3.9, 18.9]

424.5

[283.0, 866.7]

188.7

[129.7, 382.1]

1401.2

[679.6, 4559.2]

Others, 7 (2.3)

718.9

[295.2, 456.1]

40.4

[17.3, 84.0]

71.0

[56.1, 160.1]

118.2

[108.5, 358.1]

28.3

[21.2, 37.7]

18.9

[9.2, 38.6]

353.8

[353.8, 353.8]

NA

[NA, NA]

1356.3

[647.3, 2103.2]

p-value

0.698

0.131

0.564

0.209

0.637

0.094

0.27

0.356

0.764

Marital status

Others, 47 (15.6)

1142.1

[477.5, 312.7]

34.7

[23.1, 57.8]

105.0

[60.8, 165.6]

674.2

[439.7, 1286.5]

35.4

[14.2, 96.7]

9.4

[5.0, 10.1]

849.1

[566.0, 1132.1]

47.2

[29.5, 141.5]

1530.0

[686.2, 4555.4]

Single, 106 (35.3)

949.3

[449.1, 106.8]

40.4

[28.9, 63.6]

163.4

[83.6, 213.1]

1456.7

[514.0, 3221.4]

30.2

[14.2, 59.0]

9.4

[5.2, 23.5]

353.8

[283.0, 943.4]

35.4

[20.0, 129.7]

1752.4

[726.3, 5504.2]

Married†, 147 (49)

852.5

[432.9, 976.2]

34.7

[23.1, 57.8]

117.8

[70.3, 183.5]

632.2

[350.4, 1871.4]

31.8

[15.9, 47.2]

9.4

[5.9, 19.7]

990.6

[283.0, 1952.8]

283.0

[112.0, 559.0]

1517.3

[640.1, 4386.4]

p-value

0.796

0.266

0.014

0.106

0.911

0.518

0.644

0.147

0.455

BECC

A, 3

1582.1

[869.7, 730.1]

46.2

[31.8, 72.2]

140.1

[96.6, 177.6]

NA

[NA, NA]

NA

[NA, NA]

9.4

[9.4, 63.7]

1650.9

[1650.9, 1650.9]

NA

[NA, NA]

2164.5

[1927.7, 3142.2]

B1, 8

515.1

[406.1, 562.9]

23.1

[15.9, 35.8]

133.0

[119.8, 155.7]

2338.2

[2338.2, 2338.2]

47.2

[47.2, 47.2]

9.2

[7.7, 23.2]

934.0

[551.9, 1316.0]

528.3

[528.3, 528.3]

1020.7

[751.1, 1569.9]

B2, 49

1472.4

[483.6, 054.2]

28.9

[23.1, 40.4]

106.2

[71.3, 174.0]

1594.2

[1090.5, 1873.8]

35.4

[30.1, 94.9]

9.4

[4.5, 18.6]

1132.1

[707.5, 2547.2]

153.3

[88.4, 218.2]

1694.4

[675.9, 4570.0]

C1, 82

1033.3

[481.6, 706.5]

40.3

[23.1, 65.0]

116.2

[82.1, 183.5]

880.4

[555.9, 1822.3]

38.4

[24.8, 49.5]

9.4

[7.1, 25.9]

353.8

[283.0, 1132.1]

212.3

[188.7, 501.2]

1839.7

[646.1, 5096.4]

C2, 107

906.0

[360.5, 961.1]

37.0

[28.9, 63.6]

135.5

[70.2, 204.1]

850.1

[381.5, 2914.1]

23.6

[14.2, 96.7]

9.4

[7.3, 20.9]

955.2

[212.3, 2441.0]

18.9

[15.3, 27.1]

1900.0

[681.8, 5696.7]

D-E, 51

896.9

[418.1, 068.6]

40.4

[23.1, 63.6]

147.8

[79.5, 214.6]

626.5

[297.5, 1358.3]

14.2

[14.2, 19.2]

9.0

[3.5, 12.6]

212.3

[176.9, 247.6]

47.2

[16.5, 70.8]

1289.1

[657.6, 3070.5]

p-value

0.229

0.195

0.408

0.726

0.562

0.168

0.354

0.091

0.406

  1. *Self-identified by patients; categorized according to Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística guidelines; †or in a stable union. BECC, Brazilian Economic Classification Criteria; IQR, interquartile range; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus
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