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. 2022 Apr 12;17:163. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02299-5

Table 3.

Total and per-person indirect costs by cost component, in 2019

Age < 18 Age ≥ 18
Person with a RD Primary Caregiver Secondary Caregiver Person with a RD Primary Caregiver Secondary Caregiver
Indirect cost due to productivity loss
Total (in Million $) 45,571 391,126
 Early retirement NA 850 1083 88,877 38,462 6823
 Absenteeism NA 10,265 14,497 59,853 50,176 14,024
 Presenteeism NA 10,176 7232 74,741 40,453 5367
 Social productivity loss in volunteer work 494 550 424 8226 4035 89
Per-person (2019 $) 34,448 27,501
 Early retirement NA 642 818 6249 2704 480
 Absenteeism NA 7759 10,959 4208 3528 986
 Presenteeism NA 7692 5467 5255 2844 377
 Social productivity loss in volunteer work 373 416 321 578 284 6

Source: RD prevalence calculated from claims data: 2018 de-identified Normative Health Information (dNHI) claims, a large claims database for the privately insured, 2019 Medicare 5%, and 2016 Medicaid, combined with the Census population projection for 2019; indirect and non-medical costs estimated from the Survey data