Hepatitis C among healthcare personnel: secondary data analyses of costs and trends for hepatitis C infections with occupational causes

Table 3 Accounting entry descriptions (grouped) according to number of cases, number of postings and expenses for recognised HCV cases – added together from 2000 to 2014; sorted by percentage share of total costs

Entry descriptions	Number of cases	Number of entries (%)	Expenses in
Entry descriptions	Number of cases	Number of entries (%)	€	%s
Pensions	862	69,585 (37)	51,570,830	59
Pharmaceuticals and other medicines from pharmacies	619	9,897 (5)	12,978,318	14
Injury compensation, care allowances and other treatment costs	586	10,397 (6)	8,461,788	10
Inpatient treatment	543	1,669 (1)	5,460,608	6
Outpatient treatment (including treatment costs by physician)	921	74,376 (40)	4,812,063	6
Diagnosis costs	1,050	14,910 (8)	3,576,946	4
Benefits aimed at enabling involvement in working life (occupational rehabilitation)	49	1,310 (1)	730,423	1
Costs for resources	78	345 (0)	206,087	0
Reports	631	4,492 (2)	60,564	0
Total^a	5,339^b	186,981 (100)	87,857,627	100

^aDoes not include combined invoices and payments received for rehabilitation (n = 19,445, 9%), ^bCases may arise in more than one posting description (e.g., costs for treatments, reports and pharmaceuticals)

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