Table 2.

Direct medical costs associated with CAP hospitalization in children in four countries in Asia.^*

		S-CAP			C-CAP			B-CAP
Country	Currency	N	Total median cost	Range	N	Total median cost	Range	N	Total median cost	Range
Vietnam	USD	595	90.60	0.30 to 3237.30	483	105.80	0.30 to 3237.30	170	145.00	2.9 to 2423.4
Malaysia	USD	349	109.40	43.50 to 1477.70	313	113.80	43.50 to 1477.70	3	375.80	332.40 to 537.10
Indonesia	USD	949	100.20	17.20 to 4933.00	886	99.10	17.20 to 4933.00	15	200.30	55.70 to 333.51
Korea	USD	2962	912.80	186.70 to 58,201.50	1656	967.50	291.00 to 23,614.10	335	1013.30	334.50 to 23,614.10
	Reimbursable Cost
	USD		629.00	0.00 to 50,473.40		657.59	220.80 to 18,892.30		713.00	250.00 to 18,892.30
	Non-reimbursable cost
	USD		267.80	0.00 to 7728.10		290.10	3.70 to 7640.10		288.20	19.40 to 5257.60

^*Vietnam: 10% random sample. Malaysia: all subjects from one center and a 20% random sample from the second center.

Korea reimbursable cost = total cost of government subsidy for reimbursable items + total cost of patient out-of-pocket co-payment amount for reimbursable items.

CAP, community acquired pneumonia; S-CAP, suspected CAP; C-CAP, confirmed CAP; B-CAP, bacterial CAP; USD, United States dollars.