Table 3.

Opportunity Costs and Direct Costs of Visits for Self, Other Adults, or Children

	Seeking Care for Self	Seeking Care for Other Adult	Seeking Care for Child	All Adults Seeking Care for Self or Others
	Average opportunity costs per visit, $ (95% CI)
Opportunity costs of visits
All adult respondents	$42 ($40–$44)	$47 ($43–$52)	$44 ($39–$49)	$43 ($42–$45)
Employed adult respondents	$39 ($36–$41)	$46 ($39–$53)	$47 ($39–$54)	$41 ($39–$44)
Direct costs of visits
Total reimbursementa	$294 ($281–$306)	$294b ($281–$306)	$201 ($181–$221)	$279 ($268–$290)
Patient out-of-pocket costsa	$34 ($32–$37)	$34b ($32–$37)	$23 ($19–$26)	$32 ($30–$34)

^aTotal reimbursement (the amount paid by patients and any third-party payer) and patient out-of-pocket costs (the amount paid by patients) were obtained from a separate data source, the 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

^bBecause MEPS does not indicate visits accompanied by another adult, the estimate for all adults is also used for accompanied adults.