Table 2

Estimated costs (€) of treatment per year and total *

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Total
*Based on estimates for average resource utilisation made by 12 experts. †Standard deviation of estimates for average costs, which can be considered an estimate for the standard error of mean costs.¹²
	Without discounting (discount rate 0%)
Mean	435	347	305	230	198	150	137	130	126	2261
Standard error†	144	132	154	127	116	72	57	50	48	638
Median	445	312	226	184	145	130	115	108	108	1680
Range	206–688	192–552	118–534	103–474	86–431	86–326	86–249	86–240	85–240	857–3666
	Discount rate 3%
Mean	435	337	287	210	176	129	115	105	100	2083
Standard error†	144	128	145	116	103	62	48	41	38	585
Median	445	303	213	168	129	112	97	87	85	1562
Range	206–688	187–536	111–503	95–433	77–383	74–281	72–208	70–195	67–189	796–3370