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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
Research

Economic Burden of Reported Lyme Disease in High-Incidence Areas, United States, 2014–2016

Sarah A. HookComments to Author , Seonghye Jeon, Sara A. Niesobecki, AmberJean P. Hansen, James I. Meek, Jenna K.H. Bjork, Franny M. Dorr, Heather J. Rutz, Katherine A. Feldman, Jennifer L. White, P. Bryon Backenson, Manjunath B. Shankar, Martin I. Meltzer, and Alison F. Hinckley
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (S.A. Hook, A.F. Hinckley); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Jeon, M.B. Shankar, M.I. Meltzer); Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (S.A. Niesobecki, A.P. Hansen, J.I. Meek); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (J.K.H. Bjork, F.M. Dorr); Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (H.J. Rutz, K.A. Feldman); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (J.L. White, P.B. Backenson)

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Table 6

Impact of disease category, age group, sex, and state on total societal cost of Lyme disease per participant, United States, 2014–2016 (n = 613)*

Variable % Difference Total cost difference, 2016 US dollars (95% CI)
Baseline cost†
 NA
 305 (206–451)
Lyme disease category
Confirmed, localized Referent Referent
Confirmed, disseminated 120 367 (188–545)
Probable
 59
 181 (71–291)
Age group, y
<18 Referent Referent
18–45 96 293 (107–479)
46–65 108 331 (175–486)
>65
 27
 84 (−28 to 195)
Sex
F Referent Referent
M
 11
 35 (−26 to 95)
State
Connecticut Referent Referent
Maryland 0 0 (−76 to 76)
Minnesota 75 229 (114–345)
New York −6 −19 (−119 to 82)

*Results from sample-weighted multivariable linear regression analysis. The model includes independent variables of interest (i.e., disease category, age group, sex, and state), while controlling for insurance status, income, and study year (Appendix). Adjusted R2 = 0.19. †Baseline cost represents a patient with confirmed localized Lyme disease, female, <18 years of age, residing in Connecticut, without private insurance, with income <$60,000, in the study year of 2014.

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