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

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 6 Scenario 2^a: Estimated annual (2015) costs (HUF / €) for children with varicella in Hungary

	Annual Cost (HUF / €)		(%) of Total Direct Cost
Direct costs
Visits to doctor’s office	HUF €	36,004,458.7 116,147.2	6.5%
Visits to ER	HUF €	66,378.1214.1	0.0%
Visits to outpatient clinic	HUF €	79,952,119.2 257,918.4	14.4%
Hospitalization	HUF €	14,802,322.1 47,751.0	2.7%
ICU stay	HUF €	1,327,563.0 4282.6	0.2%
Prescription medications	HUF €	366,109,594.3 1,181,036.8	65.9%
OTC medications	HUF €	4,104,294.8 13,240.1	0.7%
Tests/procedures	HUF €	6,884,922.8 22,210.1	1.2%
Allied health professional consultations	HUF €	46,439,901.0 149,811.0	8.4%
Total direct costs	HUF €	555,691,554.1 1,792,611.6	N/A
Indirect costs
Lost work by caregivers	HUF €	1,267,533,916.7 4,088,951.0	N/A
Total	HUF €	1,823,225,470.8 5,881,563.6	N/A

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

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