Table 2.

Estimated total cost of inpatient treatments of asthma for Kuwaiti nationals

	Adults (≥16 years)	Children (5 to <16 years)
Total number of sufferers using government facilities	84,530	58,932
Asthma sufferers hospitalized per year	21,133 (25%)	21,216 (36%)
Average nights hospitalized per year	4.67	5.13
Total number of nights hospitalized per year	98,689	108,836
Unit cost of an inpatient day/night	KD 130.6 (USD 466.99)	KD 112.8 (USD 403.34)
Cost of inpatient visits	KD 12,888,813 (USD 46,087,161)	KD 12,276,755 (USD 43,898,595)