Table 1 Unit costs applied in the analysis

From: Health-care costs of losartan and candesartan in the primary treatment of hypertension

Cost item

Unit cost (SEK)

Study drugs

Per day

 Candesartan 4 mg

5.9

 Candesartan 8 mg

5.4

 Candesartan 16 mg

7.1

 Candesartan 16 mg/12.5 mg

7.1

 Losartan 50 mg

6.0

 Losartan 100 mg

9.9

 Losartan 50 mg/12.5 mg

7.0

 Losartan 100 mg/25 mg

10.9

Outpatient contacts

Per contact

 Physician visit

1 715

 Physician phone contact

572

 Nurse visit

570

 Nurse phone contact

190

 Other visit

570

 Other phone contact

190

Laboratory tests

Per test

 Total serum cholesterol

11

 HDL and LDL cholesterol

32

 Triglycerides

11

 Blood glucose

27

 HbA1C

74

 Creatinine

11

 Micro-albumine

37

 Potassium

11

Hospitalisations

Per event a

 Heart failure

33 919

 Cardiac arrhythmias

29 146

 Peripheral artery diseaseb

63 260

 Chronic ischaemic heart disease

34 079

 Myocardial infarction

47 748

 Strokec

43 830

 Unstable angina

42 001

 Elective coronary revascularization

41 387

  1. Abbreviations: DRG, diagnosis-related groups; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SEK, Swedish kronor.
  2. aMean cost per ICD-coded cardiovascular event according to DRG.
  3. bIncludes aortic aneurysms.
  4. cIschaemic, haemorrhagic stroke and transient ischaemic attacks.
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