Table 4. Total cost (direct medical costs and the cost to the patient and caregiver) of DF by year and care setting.
Year | Care setting | Direct Medical Costs to the Healthcare System* US$ Average cost |
Costs of dengue from the patient’s perspective (direct medical costs + direct nonmedical costs + productivity loss) US$ Average cost (95%CI)† |
Totals US$ Average cost |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Outpatients | $6,064,041 | $103,767 ($45,597–$163,834) |
$6,167,807 |
Hospitalized patients | $29,249,167 | $4,599,711 ($2,229,167–$8,576,544) |
$33,848,878 | |
Patients in ICU | $8,774,710 | $228,898 ($148,052–$373,229) |
$9,003,608 | |
Patients managed in all three settings | $44,087,918 | $4,932,375 ($2,422,817–$9,113,607) |
$49,020,293 | |
2013 | Outpatients | $10,346,634 | $177,050 ($77,799–$279,538) |
$10,523,684 |
Hospitalized patients | $32,857,126 | $5,167,097 ($2,504,141–$9,634,482) |
$38,024,223 | |
Patients in ICU | $9,857,093 | $257,133 ($166,314–$419,268) |
$10,114,226 | |
Patients managed in all three settings | $53,060,853 | $5,601,279 | $58,662,133 | |
2014 | Outpatients | $4,635,180 | $79,316 ($34,853–$125,230) |
$4,714,497 |
Hospitalized patients | $15,120,179 | $2,377,793 ($1,152,355–$4,433,592) |
$17,497,972 | |
Patients in ICU | $4,536,033 | $118,327 ($76,534–$192,939) |
$4,654,360 | |
Patients managed in all three settings | $24,291,393 | $2,575,436 | $26,866,829 | |
2015 | Outpatients | $6,391,957 | $109,378 ($48,063–$172,693) |
$6,501,335 |
Hospitalized patients | $9,893,644 | $1,555,870 ($754,024–$2,901,049) |
$11,449,514 | |
Patients in ICU | $2,968,080 | $77,426 ($50,079–$126,246) |
$3,045,505 | |
Patients managed in all three settings | $19,253,681 | $1,742,674 | $20,996,355 | |
2016 | Outpatients | $4,470,974 | $76,506 ($33,619–$120,794) |
$4,547,480 |
Hospitalized patients | $38,375,956 | $1,058,774 ($513,116–$1,974,173) |
$39,434,730 | |
Patients in ICU | $2,019,787 | $52,688 ($34,079–$85,911) |
$2,072,476 | |
Patients managed in all three settings | $44,866,717 | $1,187,969 | $46,054,686 |
* PAATI methodology;
†costs reported by the patients, a bootstrap analysis was performed to assess variability