Table 2 Cost associated with the societal perspective (median, IQR), in 2022 US dollars
Cost components | Outpatient | Inpatient at RD | ICU*** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (N = 210) | RSV positive (n = 21) | RSV negative (n = 189) | p-value** | All inpatients (N = 318) | RSV positive (n = 84) | RSV Negative (n = 234) | p-value** | All RSV negative (n = 8) | |
Total costs | 52 (32–86) | 52 (32–85) | 52 (3 2–86) | 0.71 | 184 (110–287) | 165 (95–249) | 190 (123–292) | 0.04 | 2146 (1038–4067) |
Direct medical costs | 22 (13–32) | 26 (16–32) | 21 (13–32) | 0.35 | 84 (50–135) | 68 (47–102) | 91 (59–153) | 0.001 | 1996 (937–3786) |
 Consultation fee | 3 (2–4) | 2 (2–3) | 3 (2–4) | 0.20 | 3 (2–6) | 3 (2–6) | 3 (2–5) | 0.67 | 4 (2–6) |
 Medication costs | 15 (9–20) | 15 (8–18) | 15 (9–20) | 0.46 | 9 (4–19) | 10 (4–21) | 9 (5–19) | 0.85 | 114 (20–678) |
 Laboratory costs | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 0.88 | 2 (2–13) | 2 (0–3) | 4 (2–17) | < 0.001 | 193 (64–359) |
 Procedure & service cost | 6 (3–11) | 8 (4–13) | 6 (3–11) | 0.14 | 49 (24–71) | 29 (19–58) | 50 (29–88) | < 0.001 | 1356 (524–2468) |
 Imaging costs | 3 (3–5) | 3 (3–3) | 3 (3–5) | 0.85 | 6 (3–16) | 3 (3–12) | 6 (3–16) | 0.03 | 28 (10–85) |
 Miscellaneous costs* | 8 (1–13) | 0 (0–0) | 8 (1–13) | N/A | 13 (6–23) | 12 (6–23) | 13 (6–23) | 0.31 | 204 (120–332) |
Direct non-medical costs | 5 (2–28) | 4 (2–22) | 5 (2–28) | 0.82 | 35 (3–87) | 27 (3–72) | 38 (3–88) | 0.57 | 76 (42–112) |
 Transport costs | 4 (2–27) | 4 (2–22) | 4 (2–27) | 0.91 | 6 (2–28) | 8 (2–41) | 5 (1–24) | 0.12 | 33 (3–78) |
 Meal costs | 0 (00) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.18 | 32 (0–63) | 2 (0–39) | 41 (0–70) | 0.001 | 5 (2–52) |
 Accommodation costs | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | N/A | 0 (0–30) | 0 (0–0) | 16 (0–32) | < 0.001 | 10 (0–233) |
 Caretaker costs | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | N/A | 6 (0–38) | 47 (34–60) | 0 (0–13) | 0.07 | 0 (0–0) |
Indirect costs | 11 (2–26) | 22 (9–34) | 9 (0–25) | 0.09 | 19 (0–69) | 18 (0–69) | 20 (0–69) | 0.93 | 85 (6–253) |
 Lost income | 9 (0–25) | 17 (9–34) | 8 (0–22) | 0.03 | 17 (0–69) | 12 (0–68) | 17 (0–69) | 0.85 | 13 (4–194) |
 Lost leisure | 6 (2–6) | 3 (0–6) | 6 (2–6) | 0.18 | 2 (1–6) | 6 (2–9) | 2 (1–5) | 0.05 | 3 (2–5) |
Prior to hospital costs | 11 (1–26) | 5 (1–22) | 11 (1–26) | 0.43 | 17 (9–35) | 17 (9–37) | 18 (9–35) | 0.82 | 45 (25–93) |
In-hospital costs | 29 (17–49) | 27 (11–35) | 30 (17–49) | 0.32 | 161 (94–268) | 137 (72–214) | 181 (103–282) | 0.005 | 1660 (861–4010) |
Follow-up visit costs | 18 (7–33) | 26 (16–49) | 17 (7–32) | 0.05 | 0 (0–9) | 0 (0–6) | 2 (0–11) | 0.005 | 13 (2–227) |