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Table 1 Methodology and findings of chronic migraine cost-of-illness studies

From: Economic burden of chronic migraine in OECD countries: a systematic review

Study No.

Author

Year of Valuation

Country

Study Design

Perspective

CM Sample

Size

Direct Cost

(Average annual cost per patient)

GBP

2021

Indirect Cost

GBP

2021

1

Karli N et al.

2004

Turkey

Cross-sectional

Participant & Societal

219

Chronic Tension Headache= $104.8

Chronic Daily Headache= $120.7

CTH=

£93.12

CDH=

£107.82

 N/A

 

2

Munakata J et al.

2006

United States

Cohort

Societal

359

$2,357.97

£1,973.77

Mean Annual cost per patient= $5,392.03

4,511.04

3

Serrano D et al.

2005

United States

Longitudinal

Business

374

N/A

 

Mean weekly per employee= $143.28

125.52

4

Stokes M et al.

2010

United States & Canada

Cross-Sectional

Health Care System

US = 104

CAD = 55

US= $4,144

Canada= $1,883

US=

3648.21 Canada=

3648.21

 N/A

 

5

Bloudek LM et al.

2010

United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France & Germany

Cross-Sectional

Health Care System

UK = 57

ITL = 55

FR = 57

GER = 52

ESP = 56

UK= €3,718.44

France= €1,579.00 Germany= €1,495.20 Italy= €2,648.12

Spain= €2,669.80

UK=

4363.12

France = 1852.76 Germany = 1754.52 Italy=

3106.57

Spain=

3132.00

 N/A

 

6

Stewart WF et al.

2011

United States

Case Study

Business

185

N/A

 

Estimated Labour Costs per Week= $13,384

10,847.99

7

Berra E et al.

2013

Italy

Cross-sectional

Health Care System

51

€2250.00

2332.75

 N/A

 

8

Messali A et al.

2013

United States

Cross- Sectional

Societal

103

$4,943.00

3864.34

Mean indirect costs= $3300

2579.07

9

Silberstein SD et al.

2013

United States

Cross-sectional

Health Care System

128

$3,155.00

2579.07

 N/A

 

10

Irimia P et al.

2017

Spain

Cross-sectional

Semi-societal

187

€8,344.30

8219.46

Mean cost per patient/year= €8,233.9

8110.88

11

Gibbs SN et al.

2018

United States

Cross-sectional

Participant (Out-of-pocket)

319

*Median monthly cost= $720.50

587.09

 N/A

 

12

Negro A et al.

2019

Italy

Cross- sectional

Health Care System

359

€2037.00

1893.56

 N/A

 

13

Hansson-Hedblom A et al.

2019

Sweden

Cross-sectional

Semi-societal

454

15–24 Headache days= €4009

25–31 Headache days= €5311

15–24 Headache days=

£3725.88

25–31 Headache days=

4936.15

Annual average 15–24 Headache days= €31,478

25–31 Headache days= €52,521

15–24 Headache days= £29254.67

25–31 Headache days=

£48,810.23