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Table 5 Cost outcomes attributable to WNV illness, by phase of illness

From: The direct healthcare costs attributable to West Nile virus illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study using laboratory and health administrative data

 

N

WNV Infected

Uninfected

Attributable cost (95% CI)

All WNV infected subjects

Mean cost outcomes by phase

 Acute infection

1495

$1277

$101

$1177 ($1001, $1352)

 Continuing care

1485

$283

$103

$180 ($122, $238)

 Final care - acute death

24

$16,464

$4850

$11,614 ($5916, $17313)

 Final care - late death

129

$6369

$3170

$3199 ($1770, $4627)

  1. Abbreviations: confidence interval, CI; West Nile neurologic disease, WNND; West Nile virus, WNV