Table 2.

Characteristics of indirect economic burden

Variables	Indirect economic burden per capita ($#)
Based on self-reported income	1413
a. Indirect economic burden related to patients	262
number of sick days per patient (days)	134
b. Indirect economic burden related to caregivers	1151
number of personal days per caregiver (days)	337
Based on China’s disposable income per capita in 2020	1658

^#Resource: average annual exchange rate in 2021 from China Foreign Exchange Trade System (https://www.chinamoney.com.cn/chinese/bkccpr/)