Table 3.

Incremental medical cost differences between SCD and non-SCD individuals

Cost component	Per patient annuala		Per admissiona
	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Inpatient [25, 28, 29]	$6636 [29]	$63,436 [29]	$406 [28]	$6510 [28]
ED [29]	$284	$724	–
Home health [29]	$441	$1360	–

All costs were adjusted to 2019 US$ using the Consumer Price Index. For additional details and study-specific adjustments, see Appendix Table B1

ED emergency department, SCD sickle cell disease

^aIncremental costs reflect the mean differences within each study