Table 3. Medical costs related to the Chikungunya epidemic, La Réunion, 2005–2006.
Costs | Parameters | Total cost (in millions of Euros) | Proportion of total cost |
Direct costs | 26.5 | 60% | |
Consultations | 12.4 | 47% | |
Drugs | 5 | 19% | |
Serological tests | 0.57 | 2% | |
Hospitalizations | 8.5 | 32% | |
Indirect costs | 17.4 | 40% | |
Sick leave | 17.4 | 100% | |
Total medical cost | 43.9 | 100% |