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Table 2 Mean treatment costs of managing cases of mild HAV infection for inpatient and outpatient settings, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2001 US$)

From: Cost-analysis of different management policies for patients with mild hepatitis A virus infection in Kazakhstan

 

Inpatient

Outpatient

Cost items (US$)

Mean

SE

95% CI

Mean

SE

95% CI

Hospital cost

81.0

1.78

(89.0, 96.0)

-

-

-

Physicians' time

18.0

0.49

(17.0, 19.0)

3.0

0.08

(2.80, 3.20)

Nurses' time

9.0

0.17

(8.7, 9.30)

1.6

0.07

(1.46, 1.70)

Non-health staff

2.0

0.04

(1.92, 2.10)

-

-

-

Laboratory

11.0

0.35

(10.0, 12.0)

8.0

0.11

(7.8, 8.2)

Prescription drugs

6.4

0.21

(6.19, 7.01)

5.9

0.33

(5.25, 6.55)

Hospital meals

30.0

0.57

(29.0, 31.0)

-

-

-

Transport

-

-

-

4.0

0.20

(3.60, 4.40)

Total inpatient/outpatient

157.4

3.04

(151.0, 163.0)

22.5

0.42

(21.0, 23.0)

Productivity losses

150.9

2.12

(146.7,155.1)

71.5

4.75

(66.8, 76.3)

Total societal cost§

308.3

4.90

(298.7, 317.9)

94.0

4.28

(85.6, 102.4)

  1. Note: Data may add exactly due to rounding
  2. Standard error (SE)
  3. 95% Confidence interval (95% CI)
  4. Productivity losses calculated based on the number of lost workdays reported and average urban wage rate.
  5. § Total societal costs include treatment costs and productivity losses