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. 2024 Jun 25;19(6):e0305692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305692

Table 2. Reported cost of typhoid data per country and cost category.

Country and study reference Population Sample size for reported total cost estimate Total cost Direct medical Direct non-medical Indirect
Cost of typhoid case treated in outpatient or inpatient setting
Bangladesh* [18] <18 y.o. 1,500 $69 $61 $6 $24
Patients & caregivers
Healthcare provider N/A N/A $63
China [12] 58 $268 $215 $55
<18 y.o. 23 $143 $121 $21
Adults 35 $353 $277 $77
Indonesia [12] 107 $270 $178 $92
<18 y.o. 73 $153 $106 $47
Adults 34 $456 $280 $176
India [15] 98 $194 $100 $35 $43
<2 y.o. 3 $97 $36 $62
2–5 y.o. 33 $213 $149 $64
5–19 y.o. 51 $189 $87 $102
Adults 9 $179 $17 $161
India [11] 83 $38 N/A
<18 y.o. 77 $31 N/A
India [12] 79 $23 $16 $8
<18 y.o. 54 $17 $12 $5
Nepal [12] 22 $152 $113 $39
Nepal* [19] 332 $64 $40 $5 Patient $51
Patients & caregivers Care giver $20
Healthcare provider N/A N/A $86
Pakistan [12] <18 y.o. 66 $78 $67 $13
Pakistan* [20] 796 $147 $122 $4 Patient $90
Patients & caregivers Care giver $24
Healthcare provider N/A N/A $10 - $46
Tanzania [14] 17 $190 $27 $6 $157
<15 y.o. n.a. $226
Adults n.a. $165
Vietnam [12] <18 y.o. 17 $183 $170 $13
Cost of typhoid case treated in outpatient setting
Bangladesh* [18] <18 y.o. 1,084 $48 $42 $3 $21
Patients & caregivers
China [12] 58 $143
<18 y.o. 23 $72
Adults 35 $189
Indonesia [12] 107 $117
<18 y.o. 73 $102
Adults 34 $155
India [15] 98 $114
India [11] <18 y.o. 67 $4
India [12] 79 $20
<18 y.o. 54 $16
Malawi [16] 65 $83 $54 $1 $28
<18 y.o. 42 $96 $56 $2 $38
Adults 23 $69 $52 $1 $16
Nepal [12] n.a. $54 $48 $6
Nepal* [19] 242 $42 $29 $4 Patient $45
Patients & caregivers Care giver $8
Pakistan [12] <18 y.o. 66 $54
Pakistan* [20] 773 $140 $117 $4 Patient $90
Patients & caregivers Care giver $24
Vietnam [12] <18 y.o. 17 $98
Cost of typhoid case treated in inpatient setting
Bangladesh* [18] <18 y.o. 416 $279 $209 $58 $27
Patients & caregivers
China [12] 58 $457
<18 y.o. 23 $249
Adults 35 $598
Indonesia [12] 107 $884
<18 y.o. 73 $616
Adults 34 $1,095
India [15] 11 $976
India [11] 16 $182
<18 y.o. 10 $212
Adults 6 $133
India [12] 79 $201
<18 y.o. 54 $226
India [17] Patients from tertiary care hospital 221 $597 $368 $53 Patient $54
Care giver $122
Patients from lower level hospitals 782 $204 $110 $20 Patient $26
Care giver $48
Malawi [16] 44 $524 $398 $49 $77
<18 y.o. 21 $410 $310 $37 $63
Adults 23 $632 $483 $60 $89
Nepal [12] n.a. $286 $204 $82
Nepal* [19] 90 $204 $150 $18 Patient $81
Care giver $36
Patients & caregivers
Pakistan [12] <18 y.o. 66 $298
Pakistan* [20] 23 $278 $266 $4 Patient $0
Patients & caregivers Care giver $30
Vietnam [12] <18 y.o. 17 $405
Cost of treating typhoid related nontraumatic ileal perforations
India [17] 110 $1,735 $1,320 $415
Niger [23] 2,931 $551
Nigeria [21] < 15 y.o. 32 $467
Nigeria [22] < 15 y.o. 95 $263
Pakistan* [20] 123 $451 $202 $49 Patient $294
Patients & caregivers Care giver $92

* Indicates values reported as median; y.o.: year olds; n.a.: not available

** indicates we report the cost for severe enteric fever rather than cost for salmonella typhi because of the additional details provided for severe enteric fever (only direct medical cost is provided for salmonella typhi)

indicates studies reporting on cost of nontraumatic ileal perforation due to enteric fever rather than typhoid.