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Table 5 Estimated annual (2015) costs (HUF / €) for children with varicella in Hungarya

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

108,013,379.8

348,441.5

17.0%

 Visits to ER

HUF

99,568.0

321.2

0.0%

 Visits to outpatient clinic

HUF

79,952,119.2

257,918.4

12.6%

 Hospitalization

HUF

22,203,503.7

71,626.5

3.5%

 ICU stay

HUF

1,991,323.9

6423.8

0.3%

 Prescription medications

HUF

366,109,594.3

1,181,036.8

57.6%

 OTC medications

HUF

4,104,294.8

13,240.1

0.6%

 Tests/procedures

HUF

6,884,922.8

22,210.1

1.1%

 Allied health professional consultations

HUF

46,439,901.0

149,811.0

7.3%

 Total direct costs

HUF

635,798,607.6

2,051,029.4

N/A

Indirect costs

 Lost work by caregivers

HUF

1,267,533,916.7

4,088,951.0

N/A

Total

HUF

1,903,332,524.3

6,139,980.4

N/A

  1. ER emergency room, HUF Hungarian Forint, ICU intensive care unit, N/A not applicable, OTC over the counter
  2. aAnnual number of cases (n = 37,585) are estimated pediatric cases (< 15 years old) for 2015 based on the European varicella surveillance report from 2010 [9], and the National Centre for Epidemiology’s report on the 2015 epidemiological situation in Hungary [10]