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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2014 May 9;53(9):865–873. doi: 10.1177/0009922814533592

Table 5.

Cost of Management of AOM Extrapolation to U.S. Birth Cohort

Birth Cohort: 4,130,665
Cases (N=208) Controls (N=1020)
% of population with any AOM episodes 49% 69%
Cost of First Episodes of AOM $283 $223
Total costs of First Episodes of AOM $572,799,316 $635,585,424
% of population with recurrent AOM 14.4% 57.9%
Cost of Recurrent Episodes of AOM First recurrence $645 $289
Subsequent recurrences $645 $645
Total cost of Recurrent AOM episodes $383,656,165 $727,348,147
Surgical Care (Tympanostomy Tube surgery)
% of population with Tympanostomy Tube surgery 6.3% 14.4%
Cost of Tympanostomy Tube surgery $1,715 $1,715
Total Costs of Tympanostomy Tube surgery $446,297,700 $1,048,445,390
Total Costs $1,402,753,181 $2,411,378,960
Net Savings $1,008,625,780