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Table 4 Cost (HUF / €) per pediatric case of varicella

From: Economic burden of varicella in children 1–12 Years of age in Hungary, 2011–2015

 

Outpatients (N = 75)

Inpatients (N = 81)

Mean Costa

95% CI

Mean Costa

95% CI

Direct costs

 Visits to doctor’s office

HUF

2880.0

9.3

(2513.4, 3246.6)

(8.1, 10.5)

HUF

1592.6

5.1

(1159.0, 2026.1)

(3.7, 6.5)

 Visits to ER

HUF

0.0

N/C

HUF

555.6

1.8

(0.0, 1332.4)

(0.0, 4.3)

 Visits to hospital outpatient clinic

HUF

2133.3

6.9

(1111.8, 3154.8)

(3.6, 10.2)

HUF

864.2

2.8

(147.9, 1580.5)

(0.5, 5.1)

 Hospitalization

HUF

N/A

N/A

HUF

123,889.0

399.7

(109,453.0, 138,325.0)

(353.1, 446.2)

 ICU stay

HUF

N/A

N/A

HUF

11,111.0

35.8

(0.0, 26,648.0)

(0.0, 86.0)

 Prescription medications

HUF

9733.1

31.4

(9650.9, 9815.3)

(31.1, 31.7)

HUF

11,370.0

36.7

(10,895.0, 11,845.0)

(35.1, 38.2)

 OTC medications

HUF

109.5

0.4

(89.9, 129.1)

(0.3, 0.4)

HUF

42.6

0.1

(20.3, 64.9)

(0.1, 0.2)

 Tests/procedures

HUF

118.7

0.4

(0.0, 277.3)

(0.0, 0.9)

HUF

13,648.0

44.0

(11,645.0, 15,651.0)

(37.6, 50.5)

 Allied health professional consultations

HUF

1200.0

3.9

(0.0, 3165.4)

(0.0, 10.2)

HUF

8666.7

28.0

(5389.9, 11,943.0)

(17.4, 38.5)

 Overall direct costs

HUF

16,174.6

52.2

(13,500.0, 18,849.0)

(43.5, 60.8)

HUF

171,739.7

554.0

(151,691.0, 191,789.0)

(489.3, 618.7)

Indirect costs

 Lost work by caregivers

HUF

33,616.0

108.4

N/C

HUF

56,407.0

182.0

(50,008.0, 62,806.0)

(161.3, 202.6)

Total

HUF

49,790.6

160.6

(47,116.5, 52,465.0)

(152.0, 169.2)

HUF

228,146.7

736.0

(203,269.5, 253,025.1)

(655.7, 816.2)

  1. CI confidence interval, ER emergency room, HUF Hungarian Forint, ICU intensive care unit, N/A not applicable, N/C not calculable, OTC over the counter
  2. aMean (95% CI) among all patients. Based on patients with available information