Cost component | Cost estimatea,b | Cost estimate (variability) | Population | Data source | Source |
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Direct health care costs related to SNHL | |||||
 First year hearing loss is identified | Assumed: $1946 to $2006c,d | None reported | N/A | Medicare reimbursement rates applied to treatment algorithms for mild, moderate, and severe SNHL based on clinical opinion | Gantt et al. [23] |
 < 6 year of age | Assumed: $1921 to $1971c,d | ||||
 6–12 year of age | Assumed: $1595 to $1682c,d | ||||
 13–17 year of age | Assumed: $1585 to $1673c,d | ||||
 ≥ 18 years of age | Assumed: $984c | ||||
Direct health care costs related to vision loss | |||||
 Blindness/vision loss | Total, per person: $7623 | None reported | Respondents with ICD-9-CM code 361 (no self-reported diabetes), 362 (no self-reported diabetes), 369, or 378 | MEPS | Wittenborn and Rein [41] |
 Retinal disorders (without diabetes) | Total, per person: $4268 | ||||
 Strabismus | Total, per person: $2705 |