Table 3.

Annual toxoplasmosis costs per patient for inpatient and emergency care in Canada

	Congenital toxoplasmosis	Adult-acquired toxoplasmosis	Toxoplasmosis + HIV comorbidity
Inpatient LOS (days)
Median	5	7	20
Mean	17	17	37
Range*	1–98	1–123	1–441
Emergency LOS (days)
Median	0.3	0.2	0.7
Mean	0.4	0.2	0.9
Range*	0.08–1.1	0.04–1.1	0.2–2.1
Cost/patient/year† (C$ 2015)
Median	1,971	763	5,744
Mean	9,561	3,781	16,926
Range*	585–52,124	210–52,163	1,684–130,234

LOS = length of stay in hospital or clinic.

^*Range is based on maximum and minimum values for inpatient LOS (days), emergency LOS (days), and the costs per patient per year ($) provided in the Discharge Abstract Database and National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) databases.

^†Cost estimates calculated by extrapolating Ontario NACRS incidence and costs to all other provinces and territories in Canada.