Average annualised costs per person, by LTC group
| All | LTC group £ (95% CI) | |||||||
| Cost components | %* | RA alone | % | RA + single LTC | % | RA + MLTCs | % | |
| Direct costs | 1636 (1262 to 2121) | 81.9 | 919 (694 to 1218) | 77.2 | 2184 (1596 to 2997) | 80.5 | 4444 (3100 to 6371) | 84.1 |
| Indirect costs | 362 (123 to 728) | 18.1 | 271 (98 to 517) | 23.8 | 530 (273 to 854) | 19.5 | 842 (377 to 1,521) | 15.9 |
| Total costs† | 1998 | 100 | 1190 | 100 | 2714 | 100 | 5286 | 100 |
*% of the costs in that LTC category.
†Total costs were calculated by combining direct and indirect costs and stratifying by LTC group.
LTC, long-term condition; MLTCs, multiple LTCs; RA, rheumatoid arthritis .