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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Research

Economic Burden of West Nile Virus Disease, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013

Najwa Ouhoummane, Eric Tchouaket, Anne-Marie Lowe, Ann Fortin, Dahlia Kairy, Anne Vibien, Jessica Kovitz-Lensch, Terry-Nan Tannenbaum1, and François MilordComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut National de Santé Publique du Quebec, Quebec City, Canada (N. Ouhoummane, A. Fortin, F. Milord); Université du Quebec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (E. Tchouaket); Public Health Agency of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (A.-M. Lowe); Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (D. Kairy); Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montreal Métropolitain, Montreal (D. Kairy); Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie Est-Hôpital Honoré Mercier, St.-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada (A. Vibien, J. Kovitz-Lensch); Institut National de Santé Publique de Montreal, Montreal (T.-N. Tannenbaum); Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (F. Milord)

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Table 6

Total extrapolated costs for WNV cases by clinical syndrome, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013*

Cost 2012, n = 124
 2013, n = 31
WNF
 WNM
 WNE
 WNF
 WNM
 WNE
No. Cost No. Cost No. Cost No. Cost No. Cost No. Cost
Hospitalization 11 61,644 23 54,556 62 982,018 1 5,604 7 16,604 16 253,424
ED visit 19 2,090 24 2,640 62 6,820 4 385 7 770 17 1,870
Inpatient rehabilitation 0 0 1 24,453 8 304,583 0 0 0 0 2 83,515
Outpatient readaptation† 3 2,818 4 2,528 9 34,286 1 519 1 737 2 9,401
Physician visit‡ 24 1,900 17 4,004 37 4,158 4 350 5 1,168 10 1,140
Additional§ 8 792 16 1,600 45 4,521 1 146 5 467 12 1,240
Indirect¶ 11 14,054 21 68,267 23 104,625 2 2,589 6 19,911 6 28,688
Total 38 83,298 24 158,048 62 1,441,010 7 9,593 7 39,657 17 379,277

*Costs are in Canadian dollars. Total costs are the sum of all category costs. ED, emergency department; WNE, West Nile encephalitis; WNF, West Nile fever; WNM, West Nile meningitis; WNV, West Nile virus.
†Includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and home care costs.
‡Includes primary care physician and neurologist consultations costs.
§Includes medical equipment purchase, recruitment for household chores costs, and other personal expenses.
¶Includes participants’ and families’ missed work costs.

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1Deceased.

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