Table 3.

Estimates of direct costs of infections and healthcare demand aggregated over Sweden for the period 24 February to 1 September 2020

Mitigation and suppression actions	Costs of cumulative person days in in-patient care (million SEK/2020)	Costs of cumulative person days in intensive care (million SEK/2020)	Total direct healthcare costs (million SEK/2020)
(a) No public health interventions (counterfactual scenario)	15 000	11 000	26 000
(b) Modest physical distancing in ages 0–59 years, moderate in ages 60+ years	15 000	10 000	25 000
(c) Modest physical distancing in ages 0–59 years, moderately strong in ages 60+ years	13 000	9000	22 000
(d) Moderate physical distancing in ages 0–59 years, strong in ages 60+ years, and improved isolation of infectious individuals	3000	1000	4000
(e) Moderate physical distancing in ages 0–59 years, strong in ages 60+ years, and further improved isolation of infectious individuals	2000	1000	3000