Costs of dyspepsia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Sweden in 1997 (Agréus L. Economic impact of dyspepsia. Presented at the satellite meeting New Approaches to the Management of Dyspeptic Symptoms, held at the XXXth Nordic Meeting of Gastroenterology, Uleåborg, Finland, 1998)
| US$ (millions) | Percentage of cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Visits to primary care physicians | 44 | 12 |
| Visits to specialists | 6 | 2 |
| Inpatient care | 4 | 1 |
| Investigations (upper gastrointestinal endoscopies) | 30 | 8 |
| Drugs | 170 | 47 |
| Sick leave | 84 | 23 |
| Sickness pension | 13 | 4 |
| Time off work, etc. | 9 | 3 |
| Total | 360 |