Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research
Mycobacterium ulcerans Treatment Costs, Australia
Christina Drummond*
and James R.G. Butler†
and James R.G. Butler†Table 2
Average direct cost for diagnosing and treating a patient with Mycobacterium ulcerans
| Cost in Australian dollars, 1997–98 prices (percentage of column total)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild case | Moderate case | Severe case | All cases | |
| No. of cases | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| Medical practitioner costs | ||||
| General practitioner visits | 274 | 253 | 82 | 223 |
| Specialist visits | 377 | 739 | 628 | 546 |
| Total visits | 651 (10) | 992 (6) | 710 (3) | 769 (5) |
| Other costs | ||||
| Hospitalization | 4,139 (61) | 12,607 (76) | 24,840 (90) | 11,522 (79) |
| Dressings | 1,134 (17) | 1,206 (7) | 1,230 (4) | 1,178 (8) |
| Medications | 357 (5) | 959 (6) | 449 (2) | 561 (4) |
| Home nursing | 458 (7) | 680 (4) | 211 (1) | 468 (3) |
| Laboratory costs | 49 (0.7) | 57 (0.3) | 31 (0.1) | 47 (0.3) |
| Heat treatment | 15 (0.2) | 24 (0.1) | 210 (0.8) | 63 (0.4) |
| Total direct costs | 6,803 (100) | 16,525 (100) | 27,681 (100) | 14,608 (100) |
aAny differences between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.
