Table 4:

Mean cost per person with COVID-19 by resource for 30 days before and the first 30 days after the index date in Ontario, by highest level of care

Resource	Cost per person with COVID-19, Can$; mean ± SD^*
Resource	Community n = 20 545	LTC n = 4478	Hospital n = 2926	ICU n = 944	Total cohort n = 28 893
Day −30 to Day −1
Hospital admission^†	43 ± 660	158 ± 1531	2785 ± 8378	1880 ± 8549	398 ± 3304
ED visits	27 ± 117	11 ± 83	238 ± 380	194 ± 371	52 ± 186
Physician services^‡	62 ± 217	156 ± 260	604 ± 1360	411 ± 1116	143 ± 549
Outpatient clinics^§	37 ± 618	59 ± 600	256 ± 1194	223 ± 1166	73 ± 722
Home care	29 ± 325	28 ± 173	290 ± 1143	112 ± 489	58 ± 475
LTC and CCC	NR	4224 ± 4395	941 ± 1604	359 ± 880	762 ± 2360
Outpatient prescription drugs	35 ± 296	168 ± 434	186 ± 536	214 ± 947	76 ± 392
Other^¶	26 ± 680	33 ± 803	91 ± 252	52 ± 1000	34 ± 788
Total^**	260 ± 1519	4836 ± 2370	5391 ± 10 016	3446 ± 10 007	1593 ± 4518
Day 1 to Day 30
Hospital admission^†	41 ± 661	171 ± 1316	14 078 ± 10 078	50 463 ± 35 000	3130 ± 12 322
ED visits	79 ± 185	28 ± 129	474 ± 414	551 ± 371	126 ± 265
Physician services^‡	134 ± 297	219 ± 351	1558 ± 1348	4963 ± 3641	449 ± 1234
Outpatient clinics^§	42 ± 381	100 ± 614	285 ± 703	459 ± 796	89 ± 492
Home care	25 ± 292	14 ± 111	159 ± 440	72 ± 243	38 ± 293
LTC and CCC	NR	3420 ± 4392	303 ± 909	102 ± 461	564 ± 2141
Outpatient prescription drugs	34 ± 278	146 ± 302	125 ± 627	60 ± 286	61 ± 337
Other^¶	27 ± 751	34 ± 849	70 ± 1170	46 ± 989	33 ± 788
Total^**	381 ± 1393	4132 ± 2695	17 050 ± 11 103	56 716 ± 37 128	4491 ± 13 318

Note: CCC = complex continuing care, ED = emergency department, ICU = intensive care unit, LTC = long-term care, OHIP = Ontario Health Insurance Plan, NR = not reportable because of small cell size (to comply with ICES privacy rules), SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless specified otherwise.
↵† Includes same-day surgery. Mean costs for same-day surgery were available separately in Ontario and were small in comparison to inpatient costs and often not reportable because of small cell size.
↵‡ Includes general practice, family medicine and specialist services.
↵§ Include cancer clinics, dialysis clinics and other ambulatory clinics.
↵¶ Includes nonphysicians and laboratory tests covered by OHIP, as well as New Drug Funding Program drugs and mental health inpatient services.
↵** Mean total cost may not equal the sum of the mean costs for all resources because of rounding.