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Table 2 Total cost, mean cost (95% confidence interval), and median cost (interquartile range) of acute respiratory illnesses by virus identification

From: The cost of community-managed viral respiratory illnesses in a cohort of healthy preschool-aged children

 

Number (%)

Total cost

Mean cost

95% confidence interval

Median cost

Interquartile range

Influenza A virus

17 (3.3%)

$15,366

$904

$89 to $1719

$571

$162, $1023

RSVa

33 (6.3%)

$10,047

$304

$194 to $415

$198

$60, $398

Picornaviruses

197 (37.7%)

$52,597

$267

$211 to $323

$124

$32, $337

hCoV-NL63b

6 (1.1%)

$1,508

$251

-$77 to $580

$83

$30, $625

Adenoviruses

17 (3.3%)

$4,212

$248

$140 to $356

$185

$90, $341

PIVsc

21 (4.0%)

$4,804

$229

$104 to $354

$112

$84, $291

hMPVd

15 (2.9%)

$3,284

$219

$109 to $328

$204

$57, $324

Co-identifications

51 (9.8%)

$17,503

$343

$212 to $475

$185

$72, $431

No virus identified

126 (24.1%)

$39,853

$316

$208 to $425

$151

$44, $364

No specimen

40 (7.6%)

$12,281

$307

$212 to $402

$216

$88, $434

All ARIse

523 (100.0%)

$161,454f

$309

$263 to $354

$156

$45, $378

  1. a Respiratory syncytial virus.
  2. b Human coronavirus NL63.
  3. c Parainfluenza viruses.
  4. d Human metapneumovirus.
  5. e Acute respiratory illnesses.
  6. f Column total does not equal column sum due to rounding.