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Table 4 Distribution of mean costs of care over age, degree of dependency, and main health condition, inflated to 2023 monetary value

From: Exploration of health care utilization, social care utilization and costs for individuals discharged from inpatient geriatric care in Sweden - a registry data study

(€)

Initial

inpatient stay

Additional inpatient stay

Outpatient specialty care

Outpatient primary care

Social services

Short-term care facility

Long-term care facility

Total cost

< 70 years

17 286

10 068

4 900

5 744

11 995

574

2 582

53 149

70–79 years

16 906

7 788

3 654

5 537

18 047

889

4 217

57 038

80–89 years

17 286

6 838

2 459

5 194

25 181

947

7 200

65 106

≥ 90 years

17 476

5 889

1 927

3 776

32 917

1 090

11 417

74 491

Proportion

26,8%

11,1%

4,4%

7,8%

37,5%

1,5%

10,9%

-

Slight/no dependency

10 258

5 889

3 046

3 887

5 966

86

1 291

30 422

Moderate dependency

14 247

6 838

2 717

5 078

12 963

574

3 069

45 486

Severe dependency

19 565

7 028

2 803

5 281

29 155

1 147

8 061

73 040

Total dependency

18 616

7 598

2 630

4 472

35 247

1 262

12 191

82 016

Proportion

27,4%

11,6%

4,6%

8,2%

36,3%

1,4%

10,4%

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Cancer diagnosis

19 565

15 766

3 653

5 590

15 144

574

3 069

63 362

Chronic kidney disease

17 856

12 347

9 002

5 509

37 326

1 233

7 315

90 587

Dementia

15 956

4 179

1 911

4 419

49 298

1 979

17 728

95 470

Depression

15 956

18 616

3 215

5 096

38 900

832

6 540

89 156

Fragility fracture

20 135

5 129

2 995

4 655

26 916

889

8 233

68 952

Heart failure

16 716

9 878

2 378

5 850

20 996

631

5 794

62 243

Osteoporosis

19 755

7 218

2 692

3 928

27 936

1 434

7 774

70 737

Stroke/TIA

27 733

5 699

2 711

6 012

24 426

1 750

9 696

78 027

Average

17 237

7 030

2 743

4 938

24 735

947

7 315

64 944

Proportion

26.5%

10.8%

4.2%

7.6%

38.1%

1.5%

11.3%

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