Table 4

Mean cost per hospitalisation

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Relative increase*, %	P value for trend
Overall AF hospitalisation, €	2407	2404	2290	2304	2380	2318	2238	2218	2250	2337	-3	<0.001
Main cause of hospitalisation, €
Major bleeding†	4155	3725	3448	3456	3481	3224	3133	3009	3085	3067	−26	<0.001
Ischaemic stroke	3431	3486	3501	3566	3556	3525	3364	3342	3389	3780	10	<0.001
AF control‡	1776	1783	1562	1728	1840	1878	1875	1848	2047	2271	28	<0.001
MI	3175	3020	2685	2617	2581	2504	2416	2343	2403	2492	−22	<0.001
Heart failure	1465	1505	1451	1469	1527	1515	1524	1569	1623	1707	16	<0.001
SSS or PM related	5887	5887	4872	4854	4816	4570	4992	5119	5255	5391	-8	<0.001
RFCA for AF	7407	7554	6895	7111	7023	7204	7249	7176	8601	9742	32	<0.001

All costs are adjusted for inflation by calculating in terms of 2015 cost according to Korean Consumer Price Index data and presented as €.
*2015 value minus 2006 value divided by 2006 value multiplied by 100.
†Major bleeding includes intracranial bleeding and gastrointestinal bleeding.
‡Admission for anticoagulation, rate and rhythm control for AF (AF as principal discharge diagnosis).
AF, atrial fibrillation; MI, myocardial infarction; PM, pacemaker; RFCA, radiofrequency catheter ablation; SSS, sick sinus syndrome.