Table 6. Total extrapolated costs for WNV cases by clinical syndrome, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013*.
| Cost | 2012, n = 124 |
2013, n = 31 |
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WNM |
WNE |
WNF |
WNM |
WNE |
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| No. | Cost | No. | Cost | No. | Cost | No. | Cost | No. | Cost | No. | Cost | ||||||
| Hospitalization | 11 | 61,644 | 23 | 54,556 | 62 | 982,018 | 1 | 5,604 | 7 | 16,604 | 16 | 253,424 | |||||
| ED visit | 19 | 2,090 | 24 | 2,640 | 62 | 6,820 | 4 | 385 | 7 | 770 | 17 | 1,870 | |||||
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24,453 | 8 | 304,583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83,515 | |||||
| Outpatient readaptation† | 3 | 2,818 | 4 | 2,528 | 9 | 34,286 | 1 | 519 | 1 | 737 | 2 | 9,401 | |||||
| Physician visit‡ | 24 | 1,900 | 17 | 4,004 | 37 | 4,158 | 4 | 350 | 5 | 1,168 | 10 | 1,140 | |||||
| Additional§ | 8 | 792 | 16 | 1,600 | 45 | 4,521 | 1 | 146 | 5 | 467 | 12 | 1,240 | |||||
| Indirect¶ | 11 | 14,054 | 21 | 68,267 | 23 | 104,625 | 2 | 2,589 | 6 | 19,911 | 6 | 28,688 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 83,298 | 24 | 158,048 | 62 | 1,441,010 | 7 | 9,593 | 7 | 39,657 | 17 | 379,277 | |||||
*Costs are in Canadian dollars. Total costs are the sum of all category costs. ED, emergency department; WNE, West Nile encephalitis; WNF, West Nile fever; WNM, West Nile meningitis; WNV, West Nile virus. †Includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and home care costs. ‡Includes primary care physician and neurologist consultations costs. §Includes medical equipment purchase, recruitment for household chores costs, and other personal expenses. ¶Includes participants’ and families’ missed work costs.