Varicella in Poland: economic burden in children 1–12 years of age in Poland, 2010–2015

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Table 5 Estimated annual (2015) costs (PLN / €) for children with varicella in Poland^a

	Annual Cost (PLN / €)	(%) of Total Direct Cost
Direct Costs
Visits to doctor’s office	PLN 34,429,801.2	85.4%
Visits to doctor’s office	€ 8,228,526.6	85.4%
Visits to ER	PLN 2,222,763.9	5.5%
Visits to ER	€ 531,227.9	5.5%
Visits to outpatient clinic	PLN 535,915.1	1.3%
Visits to outpatient clinic	€ 128,080.6	1.3%
Hospitalization	PLN 1,283,974.3	2.3%
Hospitalization	€ 306,862.6	2.3%
ICU stay	PLN	0.0%
ICU stay	€ 0.0	0.0%
Prescription medications	PLN 1,750,710.4	4.3%
Prescription medications	€ 418,409.8	4.3%
OTC medications	PLN 423,237.4	1.0%
OTC medications	€ 101,151.3	1.0%
Tests/procedures	PLN 39,579.0	0.1%
Tests/procedures	€ 9459.2	0.1%
Allied health professional consultations	PLN 13,056.6	0.0%
Allied health professional consultations	€ 3120.5	0.0%
Total direct costs	PLN 40,699,037.9	N/A
Total direct costs	€ 9,726,838.6	N/A
Indirect Costs
Lost work by caregivers	PLN 137,499,282.2	N/A
Lost work by caregivers	€ 32,861,546.3	N/A
Total	PLN 178,198,320.1
Total	€ 42,588,384.9

PLN Polish złoty, € Euros, N/A not applicable
^aAnnual number of cases (n = 172,117) are estimated pediatric cases (< 15 years old) for 2015 based on the reports of the Polish National Institute of Public Health, and of the Department of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, for the number of Polish varicella cases in 2014/2015 [10, 11]. The proportion of pediatric inpatients vs. outpatients was derived from the Polish hospitalization rate due to varicella [11], along with distribution of cases in each age group in Poland, estimated from the 2010 report of the European surveillance system for infectious diseases [33]

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