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

Respiratory Research

Table 3 Mean values and mean cost of components of resource use during ARIs

	Number of ARIs	Primary care visits		All other healthcare costs^a	Seeking healthcare time off work^b			Seeking healthcare time away from usual activity^b			Excess care time off work^b			Excess care time away from usual activity^b
		Mean number	Mean cost	Mean cost	Mean male time	Mean female time	Mean cost	Mean male time	Mean female time	Mean cost	Mean male time	Mean female time	Mean cost	Mean male time	Mean female time	Mean cost
Influenza A virus	17	1.11	$32.85	$12.84	0.00	0.12	$2.65	0.12	0.94	$24.37	1.76	3.38	$125.16	4.29	26.09	$706.00
Other single virus	289	0.57	$16.73	$7.19	0.02	0.55	$12.83	0.04	0.66	$15.64	0.47	1.60	$48.55	1.09	6.01	$163.61
Co-identifications	51	0.76	$22.46	$3.79	0.00	0.38	$8.43	0.03	0.50	$11.90	1.49	2.49	$96.41	1.46	7.18	$200.20
No virus identified	126	0.63	$18.65	$7.07	0.02	0.22	$5.58	0.03	0.67	$15.79	0.88	1.60	$60.23	1.48	7.53	$208.97
No specimen returned	40	0.80	$23.72	$25.70	0.00	0.48	$10.64	0.41	1.26	$39.66	0.69	1.81	$59.31	1.13	5.25	$148.01
All ARIs^c	523	0.64	$18.81	$8.43	0.02	0.44	$10.15	0.07	0.70	$17.43	0.73	1.76	$59.34	1.33	7.08	$194.54

^a All other healthcare costs is the sum of hospital emergency department presentations, other provider costs (specialists, other therapists), laboratory tests, and prescribed antibiotics.
^b All time recorded in hours.
^c Acute respiratory illnesses.

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