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. 2014 Feb 13;43(6):1763–1775. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00193413

Table 2– Patient costs and distribution of costs from 25 surveys with disaggregated medical direct costs, non-medical direct costs and income loss.

Cost category Direct costs Indirect costs Total costs
Medical costs Non-medical costs
Unweighted average of mean costs $ (sd) (range) 296.8 (376.0) 450.8 (553.4) 738.1 (821.3)
(21.9–1316.4) (29.8–2184.0) (54.6–3500.4)
144.9 (206.8) 152.0 (275.9)
(0–801.7) (0–1271.4)
Median (IQR) of mean costs $ 136.2 (58.0–304.9) 206.9 (109.0–486.3) 397.1 (155.4–1097.2)
50.0 (14.2–140.0) 32.1 (22.8–120.7)
Unweighted average contribution % (range) 39.8 (6.2–83.7) 60.2 (16.3–93.8) 100
20.1 (0–62.4) 19.8 (0–83.7)

IQR: interquartile range. Costs are quoted in international dollars.