Table 1

Costs of INR controls/patient in primary care in Sweden. Cost/monitoring visit: SEK 550.


Length of period
No. of INR moni toring visits
Total cost (SEK)

Initiation phase
3 months
12.38
6,811
First treatment year, including initiation phase
12 months
29.52
16,244
Second year
annual
16.18
8,904*

* undiscounted cost

Björholt et al. BMC Family Practice 2007 8:6   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-8-6