Table 7.
Economic cost of medical treatment overseas
| Median per capita cost per visit (IQR) $ | Est no of medical visits 2013 | Annual cost per year (ase) $ | % of GDP 2013 (ase) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | (b) | (c) = (a × b) | ||
| Government subsidized (n = 344) | ||||
| medical travelers | 1905.08 (1254.4,3554.4) | b3546 | 6,755,426 (851,408.3) | 0.47 (0.11) |
| caretakers (mean = 2.3) | 965.25 (679.8,1330.5) | 8156 | 7,872,579 (387,083.3) | 0.55 (0.08) |
| Private funded (n = 471) | ||||
| medical travelers | 1147.33 (709.6,1783) | 15462 | 17,740,068 (1,595,637) | 1.24 (0.08) |
| caretakers (mean = 3.3) | 716.21 (470.6,1023) | 51026 | 36,544,821 (1,656,017) | 2.55 (0.07) |
| Productivity loss (n = 815) | 0 (0,156.5) | 0 (57.23) | 0 (0) | |
| Total | 78190 | 68,912,894 (5,586,963) | 4.81 (0.07) | |
(a) Costs from Study results, (b) population estimates from secondary data and study results, (c) extrapolations using (a) and (b)
GDP 2013 = $ 1,431 m, bnumber of visits subsidized by UC program, aBootstrap estimations