TABLE 1

Health costs and income in euros before and after a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) diagnosis

	Before			After
	IPF	Control	p-value	IPF	Control	p-value
Inpatient treatment	1040±3785	904±3740	0.970	14 683±18 440	1528±5500	<0.0001
Outpatient treatment	266±567	223±1198	0.302	1198±3314	426±1673	<0.0001
Medication	481±630	391±700	0.001	1151±1300	534±830	<0.0001
National Health Insurance	243±231	246±339	1.0	464±476	325±372	<0.0001
Direct costs^#	2030	1764		17 495	2813
Employment income	13 603±23 852	15 558±24 684	0.280	5164±15 506	10 841±20 854	<0.0001
Indirect costs^¶	1955			5677
Public transfer payments⁺	10 726	10 194		12 478	11 653
Total costs^§	3985	1764		23 173	2813
Net costs^ƒ	2753			21 184

Data are presented as mean±sd or mean value per individual, unless otherwise stated. ^#: the sum of inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, medication and national health insurance; ^¶: the difference in employment income between cases and controls; ⁺: the sum of pensions, other public transfer payments and publicly funded sickness benefits; ^§: sum of direct and indirect costs; ^ƒ: the difference between direct costs, indirect costs and public transfer payments.