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Volume 31, Number 4—April 2025
Research

Population-Based Matched Cohort Study of COVID-19 Healthcare Costs, Ontario, Canada

Beate SanderComments to Author , Sharmistha Mishra, Sarah Swayze, Yeva Sahakyan, Raquel Duchen, Kieran Quinn, Naveed Janjua, Hind Sbihi, and Jeffrey Kwong
Author affiliation: ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (B. Sander, S. Mishra, S. Swayze, R. Duchen, K. Quinn, J. Kwong); University of Toronto, Toronto (B. Sander, S. Mishra, K. Quinn, J. Kwong); University Health Network, Toronto (B. Sander, Y. Sahakyan); Public Health Ontario, Toronto (B. Sander, J. Kwong); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto (S. Mishra); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (N. Janjua, H. Sbihi); University of British Columbia, Vancouver (H. Sbihi)

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Table 2

COVID-19–attributable costs adjusted for survival, total and stratified by age and sex, Ontario, Canada*

Characteristics Mean (95% CI)
30 d 90 d 180 d 360 d
Total
 $790 ($753–$826)
 $2,043 ($1,949–$2,142)
 $2,215 ($2,083–$2,346)
 $2,553 ($2,348–$2,756)
Age, y
<2† $404 ($283–$526) $1,094 ($756–$1,432) $1,233 ($766–$1,701) $1,512 ($786–$2,240)
2–4† $59 ($20– $97) $168 ($47–$290) $273 ($−23 to $570) $484 ($−161 to $1,132)
5–11† $69 ($35–$104) $185 ($89–$281) $189 ($55–$323) $196 ($−14 to $406)
12–17† $45 ($21–$69) $122 ($52–$193) $143 ($18–$269) $184 ($−50 to $420)
18–29 $89 ($72–$106) $239 ($190–$288) $259 ($179–$337) $293 ($134–$449)
30–49 $348 ($311–$385) $932 ($832–$1,015) $1,030 ($888–$1,172) $1,224 ($1,000–$1,449)
50–69 $1,366 ($1,27–$1,461) $3,556 ($3,305–$3,656) $3,789 ($3,454–$4,125) $4,247 ($3,748–$4,745)
>70
 $1,672 ($1,532–$1,813)
 $3,958 ($3,633–$3,841)
 $4,242 ($3,804–$4,680)
 $13,841 ($12,193–$15,489)
Sex
F $613 ($572–$655) $1,611 ($1,504–$1,753) $1,807 ($1,651–$1,963) $2,194 ($1,945–$2,446)
M $971 ($911–$1,031) $2,490 ($2,335–$2,603) $2,637 ($2,426–$2,848) $2,921 ($2,602–$3,241)

*Costs are rounded to the nearest dollar and presented in 2023 Canadian dollars. CI, confidence interval †Calculated as if no one died in these categories because of small cells or being unable to model a stable attributable cost estimate for the terminal phases.

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