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Table 7 Scenario 3a: Estimated annual (2015) costs (HUF / €) for children with varicella in Hungary

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

 

Annual Cost (HUF / €)

(%) of Total Direct Cost

Direct costs

 Visits to doctor’s office

HUF

180,022,297.2 580,736.0

25.1%

 Visits to ER

HUF

132,756.1

428.3

0.0%

 Visits to outpatient clinic

HUF

79,952,119.2

257,918.4

11.2%

 Hospitalization

HUF

29,604,646.0 95,502.0

4.1%

 ICU stay

HUF

2,655,124.3 8565.2

0.4%

 Prescription medications

HUF

366,109,594.3

1,181,036.8

51.1%

 OTC medications

HUF

4,104,294.8

13,240.1

0.6%

 Tests/procedures

HUF

6,884,922.8

22,210.1

1.0%

 Allied health professional consultations

HUF

46,439,901.0

149,811.0

6.5%

 Total direct costs

HUF

715,905,655.7 2,309,448.1

N/A

Indirect costs

 Lost work by caregivers

HUF

1,267,533,916.7

4,088,951.0

N/A

Total

HUF

1,983,439,572.5

6,398,400.1

N/A

  1. ER emergency room, HUF Hungarian Forint, ICU intensive care unit, N/A not applicable, OTC over the counter
  2. aScenario 3 = highest cost scenario; based on the highest value in the key unit cost range for doctor’s office and ER visits, hospitalization, and ICU stay (Table 1)