Table 3 Total cost (€) during the first six months after discharge for the families of VLBWIs and FTIs (T₀-T₆)

Other hospitalisations

32.0

0.4

803 (1673)

10.3

0.1

401 (1572)

t = 2.21

p = 0.03

General practitioner consultation (Paediatric)

98.6

4.9

71 (52)

98.6

4.5

64 (35)

t = 1.24

n.s

Specialist Visits (Follow-up as an outpatient at the birth hospital)

99.3

4.3

90 (59)

57.2

0.9

19 (22)

t = 13.61

p < 0.0005

Other specialist visits

72.6

2.5

53 (57)

18.6

0.2

4 (10)

t = 10.06

p < 0.0005

Drugs

76.0

281 (211)

63.4

70 (79)

t = 4.11

p = 0.0001

Laboratory tests

55.3

3.2

14 (23)

12.4

0.4

2 (9)

t = 6.21

p < 0.0005

Imaging tests

73.3

2.2

106 (114)

10.3

0.1

5 (20)

t = 10.39

p < 0.0005

Rehabilitation therapy

20.0

0.9

10 (23)

0.7

0.0

0.0 (0.0)

t = 4.09

p < 0.0005

Psychological support

7.6

0.3

5 (24)

0.0

0.0

0.0

t = 2.53

p = 0.01

Total cost funded by the Public Health System

1433 (1256)

565 (130)

t = 3.71

p = 0.0002

Costs funded by Families

Drugs

17.0

269 (648)

22.1

69 (42)

t = 4.89

p < 0.0005

Paediatric visits

30.6

1.0

57 (124)

20.7

0.5

54 (41)

t = 0.20

n.s

Other specialists visits

6.0

0.1

5 (27)

4.8

0.1

4 (27)

t = 0.22

n.s

Laboratory and imaging tests

2.6

0.0

1 (12)

3.4

0.0

2 (10)

t = −0.47

n.s

Rehabilitation therapy

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

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Paid informal care

33.3

163 (873)

34.7

221 (1192)

t = −0.48

n.s

Unpaid informal care

28.0

1110 (2431)

28.0

1016 (2196)

t = 0.35

n.s

Travelling

89.3

65.6 (travels)

96 (111)

87.6

2.8 (travels)

56 (43)

t = 3.97

p = 0.0001

Productivity losses

66.9

10,246 (6073)

63.8

10,380 (5960)

t = −0.19

n.s

Total cost funded by families and productivity losses

11,948 (3563)

11,802 (3623)

t = 0.26

n.s

Total societal cost (T₀-T₆)

13,382 (2461)

12,368 (2506)

t = 1.15

n.s