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. 2011 Feb 4;84(2):200–207. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0503

Table 3.

Estimated average cost per dengue case by country and setting in 2010 US$

Country Ambulatory cases Hospitalized cases
Direct medical Direct non-medical Indirect Total cost Direct medical Direct non-medical Indirect Total cost
Andean subregion
Bolivia $95 $10 $51 $155 $143 $111 $137 $392
Colombia $66 $11 $108 $185 $353 $128 $291 $772
Ecuador $127 $11 $97 $235 $251 $125 $262 $638
Peru $132 $11 $116 $259 $288 $123 $312 $723
Venezuela* $118 $18 $194 $331 $864 $64 $310 $1,238
Central America
Belize $239 $13 $115 $367 $387 $144 $311 $842
Costa Rica $279 $14 $174 $467 $503 $157 $469 $1,129
El Salvador* $27 $2 $77 $107 $289 $170 $99 $559
Guatemala* $24 $10 $78 $111 $304 $155 $72 $531
Guyana $43 $9 $44 $95 $174 $98 $118 $389
Honduras $52 $12 $60 $124 $179 $135 $161 $475
Mexico $264 $13 $209 $486 $502 $144 $563 $1,209
Nicaragua $108 $9 $27 $144 $133 $100 $74 $306
Panama* $78 $25 $313 $416 $514 $419 $404 $1,336
Suriname $92 $17 $172 $281 $435 $193 $463 $1,091
North America
Canada $360 $22 $963 $1,345 $2,036 $243 $2,599 $4,878
United States of America $401 $23 $1,186 $1,610 $14,350 $254 $3,199 $17,803
Southern cone
Argentina $279 $12 $202 $493 $617 $138 $545 $1,300
Brazil* $49 $18 $317 $383 $381 $47 $460 $889
Chile $259 $12 $207 $478 $523 $136 $557 $1,216
Paraguay $55 $11 $62 $128 $218 $127 $167 $512
Uruguay $314 $15 $244 $574 $601 $170 $659 $1,430
The Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda $274 $18 $390 $682 $762 $199 $1,051 $2,012
Bahamas $336 $19 $553 $907 $1,198 $208 $1,491 $2,897
Barbados $297 $18 $380 $695 $940 $199 $1,026 $2,164
Cuba $26 $7 $39 $72 $134 $76 $106 $317
Dominica $213 $12 $145 $370 $325 $134 $390 $849
Dominican Republic $80 $15 $145 $239 $391 $162 $391 $944
French Guiana $421 $27 $300 $749 $2,346 $305 $810 $3,460
Guadeloupe $421 $27 $289 $737 $2,346 $305 $779 $3,430
Martinique $421 $27 $520 $968 $2,346 $305 $1,402 $4,052
Grenada $251 $13 $170 $434 $408 $151 $459 $1,018
Haiti $125 $14 $21 $160 $98 $155 $57 $311
Jamaica $71 $14 $127 $212 $289 $162 $342 $792
Aruba $420 $26 $734 $1,180 $2,500 $291 $1,980 $4,771
Curaçao $420 $26 $520 $966 $2,500 $291 $1,402 $4,193
Saint Kitts and Nevis $352 $17 $271 $640 $663 $193 $730 $1,586
Saint Lucia $237 $13 $162 $412 $361 $148 $437 $947
St. Vincent and Grenadines $74 $13 $157 $244 $377 $147 $424 $948
Trinidad and Tobago $505 $21 $530 $1,057 $1,183 $240 $1,430 $2,853
Anguilla $334 $21 $1,052 $1,408 $1,929 $236 $2,839 $5,004
Bermuda $334 $21 $1,944 $2,300 $1,929 $236 $5,246 $7,411
British Virgin Islands $334 $21 $1,052 $1,408 $1,929 $236 $2,839 $5,004
Cayman Islands $334 $21 $1,206 $1,561 $1,929 $236 $3,253 $5,418
Montserrat $334 $21 $1,052 $1,408 $1,929 $236 $2,839 $5,004
Turks and Caicos Islands $334 $21 $1,052 $1,408 $1,929 $236 $2,839 $5,004
American Virgin Islands $118 $23 $429 $569 $4,207 $254 $1,157 $5,618
Puerto Rico* $498 $27 $30 $555 $1,764 $124 $2,939 $4,827
*

Countries with available information on cost per case.