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

^aThe 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

^bThe 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

^cNumbers may not add up to subtotals/totals due to rounding.

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