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. 2024 Jul 18;22:55. doi: 10.1186/s12962-024-00560-1

Table 2.

Mean direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs per patient with bipolar disorder in 2022 from a social perspective

Type of cost USD % Total cost (%)
Direct medical costs Hoteling 1819 77.66
Visit 704
Consultation and Psychology services 68
Nursing services 107
Diagnostic and Rehabilitation 118
Medicine and Consumables 196
Other services* 269
Total 3281
Direct non-medical costs Patients Transportation 97 35.99 6.37
Patients’ commute Transportation 129 47.92
Patients’ accommodation and food 20 7.08
accommodation and food for the patients’ commute 25 9.01
Total 271 100
Indirect costs Missed workdays due to illness 571 84.31 15.97
patient companions’ missed workdays due to patient care 104 15.69
Total 675 100
costs Total cost 4227 100 100

* Emergency and other services that have been received due to the side effects of drugs and also due to the susceptibility of bipolar disorder patients to diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, thyroid, diabetes, and ovarian cysts