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Table 2 Comparison of direct and indirect costs in EUR of imported malaria with and without chemoprophylaxis

From: Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria

 

n without chemoprophylaxis

n with chemoprophylaxis

 

n = 11 without chemoprophylaxis

mean

SD

mean

SD

p values

direct costs

     

price of hospitalization

1419.7

2121.9

349.5

215.7

< 0.05

price of laboratory and imaging examinations

356.3

430.8

56.1

35.1

< 0.05

total price

1776.0

2518.5

405.6

250.4

< 0.05

indirect costs

     

compensation of income by employer and social insurance

78.0

40.0

35.9

26.4

< 0.05

loss of GDP

446.2

200.2

221.6

154.6

< 0.05

total indirect costs

524.2

240.2

257.4

180.9

< 0.05

total direct and indirect costs

2300.2

2669.4

663.0

419.0

< 0.05

loss of income during inoperable

84.0

32.7

44.6

29.9

< 0.05