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. 2011;13(3):PCC.10m01082. doi: 10.4088/PCC.10m01082

Table 1.

Direct Medical Costs of Depression in Japan

Type of Cost Estimated MDD Admissions per Daya [1] % of Patients Aged ≥ 20 ya [2] Average Costs per Day (US$ 2008)b
Direct Medical Costs (US$ 2008 in millions)c
Nonpharmacy [3] Pharmacy [4] Nonpharmacyd [5] = [1] × [2]/100 × X × [3] Pharmacyd [6] = [1] × [2]/100 × X × [4] Total [7] = [5] + [6]
Inpatient 16,000 99.3 106.50 5.71 619 33 653
Outpatient 53,900 98.4 38.21 31.87 500 417 918
Totalc 1,120 451 1,570
a

The estimated number of patients with major depressive disorder per day [1] and the percentage of patients with any mood disorder aged ≥ 20 years [2] are from the Patient Survey 2008.13

b

The average costs per day for patients with any mood disorder, [3] and [4], are from the Survey of Medical Care Activities in Public Health Insurance 2008.14

c

Numbers may not add up to subtotals/totals due to rounding.

d

X refers to the 366 days for inpatient and the 247 working days for outpatient medical costs.