Table 8.

Inpatient and outpatient costs for community-acquired pneumonia in different studies from the literature.

					Number of Cases or Episodes		Costs
Reference	Study Location	Data Source	Period	Age (years)	Inpatients	Outpatients	Inpatients	Outpatients
Sato et al.16	USA	A large, proprietary US health insurance database	2006–2008	≥ 50 years	8,121 patients	20,454 patients	US$27,661 per episode	US$2,212 per episode
Yu et al.17	USA	Medicare Standard Analytic Files (Nationwide)	2007–2008	≥ 18 years	25,114 episodes	40,690 episodes	US$18,670 per episode	US$2,394 per episode
Reyes et al.18	Spain	Hospital-based	N/A	≥ 18 years	271	N/A	€1,683 (median total cost)	N/A
Tichopad et al.19	Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary	Health ministry and insurance reimbursement claims	2009	≥ 50 years	N/A	N/A	€431.54-€1,044.70 (total cost per case)	€4.44-€71.04 (total cost per case)
Song et al.20	Asia-Pacific region	Literature-based	1990–2010	≥ 18 years	N/A	N/A	US$3,456 per episode	US$165 per episode
Doruk et al.21	Turkey	Hospital-based	2004–2005	Average age of 70.9 years	114	N/A	€1,630.77 (total cost)	N/A
Current study	Turkey	Hospital-based	2013–2014	≥ 18 years	208	211	€556.09 ± 1,004.77 (total mean cost per patient)	€51.16 ± 40.92 (total mean cost per patient)

N/A, Not available.