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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Dec 11;206(3):211.e1–211.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.12.002

Table 5.

Total Annual Estimates of Costs Due to Uterine Fibroids

	Estimate of Total Cost
	Low	% of Total	High	% of Total
Direct Cost
Medications, Inpatient Admissions, Outpatient Visits	$3,271,956,332	55.54%	$5,096,441,060	14.83%
Surgery	$829,213,571	14.07%	$4,312,422,131	12.55%
Indirect Cost
Lost work	$1,552,509,693	26.35%	$17,201,602,940	50.05%
Spontaneous abortion	$983,035	0.02%	$110,698,973	0.32%
Preterm delivery	$52,056,948	0.88%	$1,468,626,480	4.27%
Cesarean delivery	$184,938,975	3.14%	$6,179,523,120	17.98%
Total Annual Estimate	$5,891,658,554	100.00%	$34,369,314,704	100.00%

Note: All costs are reported in 2010 dollars