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. 2022 Oct 20;10:927494. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.927494

Table 2.

The direct medical cost of hospital services for hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Total USD Median [IQR] Mean [SD] USD
USD
Hospital stays 32,859,943 815.508 7,224.4
ICU stays 24,207,296.9 11,029.41 7,969
General ward stays 3,899,904 721.92 982.5
Isolation room stays 4,675,869 173.8 1,572.6
Total physician consultations 3,235,954.4 494.65 530.7
Total physician consultations -ICU 1,291,178.5 721.92 425.01
Total physician consultations–Ward & isolation 1,944,775.9 360.96 491.27
Total nursing care 3,235,858.4 474.59 463.35
ICU -Nursing care 1,291,082.5 588.23 425.94
Ward & isolation -Nursing care 1,9499,775.9 360.96 491.28
Mechanical ventilation 1,953,262 362.66 705.48
Cuff of pneumatic compression device 6,528.07 25.4 5.4
Laboratory investigations 5,889,751.2 89.6 95.3
CBC 149,031 51.34 18.2
Liver enzymes 433,369 80.46 49.41
Cardiac enzymes 1,111,309.6 64.17 280.5
Renal functions 706,866.3 42.78 115.8
Biochemistry 435,593.6 128.34 64.4
D-dimer 441,540.1 149.73 124.5
Swabs 488,235.3 90.64 15.6
Cultures 263,163.6 127.27 76.57
Antibiotic sensitivity test 387,005.3 71.9 112.6
Radiology services 531,631 173.8 122.2
Chest X-rays 196,042.8 36.4 17.7
CT scans 334,697.4 294.11 134.9
PCR 1,549,333.3 280.75 49.49
Medications 3,886,509.83 723.38 425.13
Lopinavir/ritonavir 18,260.19 12.63 8.63
Favipiravir 202,049.2 44.92 51.87
Interferon beta-1 1,672,411.9 758.22 798.97
Hydroxychloroquine 4,144.38 1.87 1.39
Tocilizumab 709,639.4 527.91 349.4
Anticoagulants 179,694.3 871.6 18.12
Antibiotics 568,654.73 2400.3 49.56
Immunoglobulin 45,228.61 315.8 72.96
Antifungals 488,729 74.9 173.2
Total cost 51,709,653 4,453.243 11,849.14

CBC, Complete blood count; ICU, Intensive care unit; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.