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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Dispatch

Update on Ebola Treatment Center Costs and Sustainability, United States, 2019

Jocelyn J. HersteinComments to Author , Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs
Author affiliations: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (J.J. Herstein, A.L. Hewlett, J.J. Lowe); Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (A.B. Le, L.A. McNulty, S.A. Buehler, S.G. Gibbs); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (P.D. Biddinger); Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.D. Biddinger)

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Table

Costs of establishing and maintaining Ebola treatment centers, United States, 2019*

Cost scale
 Total costs
 Construction/facility modifications
 Administration
 PPE purchases
 Staff training
 Laboratory equipment
 Other unit purchases
Establishment†
Average $1,425,640 $1,029,973 NA $166,825 $290,788 $117,134 $141,158
Median $937,500 $561,000 NA $87,467 $200,000 $75,000 $100,000
High $4,650,000 $4,000,000 NA $900,000 $1,250,000 $500,000 $450,000
Low $100,000 $10,000 NA $3,375 $10,000 $4,600 $4,066
Total
 $45,620,489
 $27,809,283
 NA
 $4,337,454
 $7,269,711
 $2,940,494
 $2,964,324
Maintenance‡§
Average $224,664 NA $103,151 $26,367 $70,562 $40,071 $32,679
Median $170,000 NA $27,500 $17,500 $45,000 $27,500 $18,000
High $600,000 NA $300,000 $75,000 $250,000 $224,500 $100,000
Low $10,000 NA $5,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 $2,500
Total
 $6,515,261
 NA
 $2,475,626
 $685,550
 $1,693,500
 $561,000
 $686,250
Total, establishment + maintenance¶
Average $1,764,922
Median $1,066,500
High $5,125,000
Low $140,000
Total $49,417,813

*NA, not applicable; PPE, personal protective equipment.
†As of June 2019, n = 32 units that provided costs to establish their facility.
‡As of June 2019, n = 29 units that provided costs to maintain their facility.
§Survey tool did not differentiate between zeros and nonresponses; therefore, averages for subcategories might be inflated because zeros were considered nonresponses.
¶As of June 2019, n = 28 units that provided total costs to establish and maintain their facility.

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