Table 1 Summary of cost-of-illness studies in COVID_19
Author (year) | Country | Year of study | Unit cost (AIC) | National burden | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad Faramarzi (2021) | Iran | Between Feb 19, and Sep 21, 2020 | $671.4 per patient | Total costs due to absenteeism were estimated to be nearly $1.3Â million, with an average of $671.4 per patient | [22] |
Alvis-Zakzuk N (2021) | Colombia | From March 15 and May 29, 2020 | $1688 per patient | – | [33] |
Anna Miethke-Morais (2021) | Brazil | Between March 30 and June 30, 2020 | US$12,637.42 per admission US$919.24 per day | The total cost of the hospitalizations was US$41,122,173.39 | [30] |
Athanasakis (2020) | Greece | Â | 443.1 and 2245.5 euros per day in the general ward and ICU respectively | 6.53Â million international dollars per 1000 confirmed | [28] |
Bartsch (2020) | United States | Â | $3,045 per patient | If 80% were to get infected, $654.0Â billion in direct medical costs and If 20% were to get infected $163.4Â billion in direct medical costs | [18] |
Cenk Teker (2021) | Turkey | 1 year (04.2020–04.2021) | Per-day unit cost for an inpatient is estimated to be 1.184,63 TRY and ICU 15.466 TRY | – | [15] |
Cleary (2021) | South Africa | Up to the end of May 2020 | 75,127 ZAR per admission | – | [24] |
Czernichow (2020) | Europe | The first 6 months of 2020 | Between 15,831 EUR to 30,982 EUR based on BMI | Total direct costs of care for COVID-19 in Europe EUR: 13.9 billion | [32] |
Dr. Edwine Barasa and Dr. Angela Kairu (2020) | Kenya | Â | Per patient costs in ranging from KES 21,359 per day to KES51,684 | Â | [16] |
Edwine Barasa (2021) | Kenya |  | From 18.89 to 599.51 $ based on disease condition | – | [17] |
EKİNGEN, Erhan (2021) | Turkey | Discharged in June 2020 | The average invoice amount was $653.03 per patient | – | [12] |
Ergun Oksuz (2021) | TURKEY | March 11 and July 31, 2020 | PPP $5557.9 ± 7473.4 per patient | The direct annual medical cost of COVID-19 was estimated at PPP$ 2.1 billion and PPP$ 1.9 billion for inpatient and outpatient. direct medical burden corresponds to 2.0% of the government health expenditures and 0.8 per GDP | [14] |
Ghaffari Darab (2021) | Iran | Between March and July 2020 | The direct medical cost was $ 3755 per person Indirect estimated $ 11,634 per person | Economic burden of the disease in the country for inpatient cases with the definitive diagnosis was $ 1,439,083,784 in 2018 | [23] |
Habip Gedik (2020) | Turkey | Between 17 March and 11 May 2020 | $ 881.75 per clinical patient. The mean cost per ICUP was $2924 | – | [13] |
Hamza Ismaila (2021) | Ghana | August and September 2020 | US$11,925 per patient | – | [34] |
Hebert Luan Pereira Campos dos Santos (2021) | Brazil | February and December 2020 | 4864 $ per hospitalization | Total expenditure R$ 2.2Â billion | [31] |
Huajie Jin (2020) | China | During 1 January–31 March 2020 | US$ 3192.76 per patient | The total societal cost was US$ 383.02 billion (2.7% of China’s GDP | [10] |
Ijeoma Edoka (2021) | South Africa |  | The total average cost per patient per day ranged from 62 to 830 based on the ward, need for invasive, need for supplemental oxygen | – | [25] |
Jeck (2021) | German | From January 01, 2020 to Sep 30, 2020 | Median treatment costs from EUR 900 to EUR 53,000 per patient | – | [27] |
Kamini N Reddy (2021) | India | From June 2020 to December 2020 | The median and mean direct medical cost of hospitalization was 2742.91 and $ 3192.06 respectively | – | [35] |
khan (2020) | Saudi Arabia | 1 March and 29 May 2020 | 12,912$ per patient | Â | [26] |
Maltezou (2021) | Greece | From 26 Feb 2020 to 3 May 2020 | – | Total cost for the management of health care personnel during the first epidemic in Greece 1.735.830 Euros Overall, indirect costs for health care personnel were 1,409,720 Euros(81.2% of total costs) | [29] |
Manuela Di Fusco (2021) | United States | From 1 April to 31 October 2020 | – | – | [19] |
Moran Dong (2021) | China | From January 15 to April 27, 2020 | The median of total hospitalization costs of COVID-19 cases was $2,869.4 per patient | – | [9] |
Ohsfeldt (2021) | United States | April 1 to December 31, 2020 | – | – | [20] |
Su Yeon Jang (2021) | Korea | As of May 15, 2020 | The average cost of medical expenses was USD 1193.7 | – | [36] |
Xue-Zheng Li (2020) | China | Between 24 January and 16 March 2020 | USD 6827 per treated episode | Around USD 0.49Â billion were expected for clinical management of COVID-19 (about 0.2% of China healthcare expenditure in 2019) | [11] |
Yuping Tsai (2021) | United States | During 1 April through 31 December 2020 | The mean hospitalization was $21,752 per patient and The mean cost per outpatient visit was $164 | Total medical costs for COVID-19 related medical care for patients were $6.3 billion | [21] |