Resource | Cost per person with COVID-19, Can$; mean ± SD* | ||||
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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.