1. DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS RELATED TO COVID-19 IN COLOMBIA
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ALVIS ZAKZUK, NELSON RAFAEL, Florez Tanus, A, Diaz Jimenez, Diana F, Chaparro Narvaez, Pablo Enrique, Castaneda Orjuela, Carlos Andres, De La Hoz, Fernando Pio, Castell C, Duenas, and Alvis Guzman, N
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COVID - 19 ,Medical Costs ,Colombia - Abstract
We studied 113 patients hospitalized by COVID-19, 51.3% men. On average, the hospital length of stay for COVID-19 hospitalized patient was 7,3 (± 6,2) days with a median cost of $1,688 (IQR 788-2,523). In women, the median direct medical cost of hospitalization was $1,328 (IQR $463-$2,098), while in men was 1.4 times greater. Being 60 years of age or older triggers hospitalization costs almost twice as high as those under this age ($1,813 vs. $2,994), and when the cost is compared by type of hospitalization, this difference is more than three times (ICU: 4,118; general ward: $1,312).