Table 2– Patient costs and distribution of costs from 25 surveys with disaggregated medical direct costs, non-medical direct costs and income loss
Cost categoryDirect costsIndirect costsTotal costs
Medical costsNon-medical costs
Unweighted average of mean costs $ (sd) (range)296.8 (376.0)450.8 (553.4)738.1 (821.3)
(21.9–1316.4)(29.8–2184.0)(54.6–3500.4)
144.9 (206.8)152.0 (275.9)
(0–801.7)(0–1271.4)
Median (IQR) of mean costs $136.2 (58.0–304.9)206.9 (109.0–486.3)397.1 (155.4–1097.2)
50.0 (14.2–140.0)32.1 (22.8–120.7)
Unweighted average contribution % (range)39.8 (6.2–83.7)60.2 (16.3–93.8)100
20.1 (0–62.4)19.8 (0–83.7)
  • IQR: interquartile range. Costs are quoted in international dollars.