Table 3:

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

Resource	Cost per person with COVID-19, Can$; mean ± SD^*
Resource	Community n = 1752	LTC n = 248	Hospital n = 326	ICU n = 139	Total cohort n = 2465
Day −30 to Day −1
Hospital admission^†	122 ± 1563	128 ± 1152	3309 ± 7900	1088 ± 4226	599 ± 3503
ED visits	18 ± 84	7 ± 55	120 ± 237	87 ± 175	35 ± 126
Physician services^‡	51 ± 178	103 ± 194	301 ± 462	197 ± 643	97 ± 292
Outpatient clinics^§		NA	NA
Home care	19 ± 368	95 ± 463	136 ± 552	13 ± 75	42 ± 400
LTC and CCC	8 ± 205	5045 ± 1062	367 ± 1331	152 ± 887	571 ± 1636
Outpatient prescription drugs	53 ± 182	134 ± 275	142 ± 240	128 ± 251	77 ± 209
Other^¶	30 ± 164	33 ± 83	120 ± 303	83 ± 236	45 ± 190
Total^**	302 ± 1983	5545 ± 1693	4494 ± 8447	1749 ± 5153	1465 ± 4223
Day 1 to Day 30
Hospital admission^†	24 ± 400	415 ± 4342	20 324 ± 21 543	60 587 ± 42 095	6163 ± 19 652
ED visits	78 ± 167	16 ± 74	308 ± 257	323 ± 223	116 ± 203
Physician services^‡	115 ± 190	201 ± 352	1547 ± 1712	4512 ± 2742	561 ± 1418
Outpatient clinics^§		NA	NA
Home care	26 ± 311	75 ± 442	191 ± 641	56 ± 175	54 ± 384
LTC and CCC	6 ± 167	3957 ± 1885	308 ± 1158	90 ± 598	448 ± 1400
Outpatient prescription drugs	57 ± 180	132 ± 174	125 ± 277	69 ± 128	74 ± 195
Other^¶	33 ± 74	46 ± 81	212 ± 413	688 ± 986	95 ± 326
Total^**	339 ± 726	4842 ± 4981	23 015 ± 22 895	66 324 ± 43 992	7512 ± 21 086

Note: CCC = complex continuing care, ED = emergency department, ICU = intensive care unit, LTC = long-term care, NA = not available, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless specified otherwise.
↵† Includes same-day surgery.
↵‡ Includes general practice, family medicine and specialist services.
↵§ Data not available.
↵¶ Other includes records for diagnostic procedures and other services.
↵** Mean total cost may not equal the sum of the mean costs for all resources because of rounding.