Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
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)

Main Article

Table 4

Societal perspective of medical cost of Lyme disease per participant, by disease category, in high-incidence areas, United States, 2014–2016

Disease category
 No. participants
 Societal perspective, medical cost per participant,* 2016 US dollars
Median
 Mean
 SD
 10th percentile
 90th percentile
 Range
All† 613 478 1,333 5,690 164 1,932 50–121,869
Confirmed localized 273 374 668 1,715 136 1,224 50–13,050
Confirmed disseminated 154 696 2,537 20,220 259 4,366 147–121,869
Probable 186 612 1,804 15,188 237 2,454 124–105,494

*Societal medical cost per participant excludes Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes deemed unrelated to Lyme disease as determined by a physician subject matter expert (Appendix Table 5). †Estimates for the overall population use the sample-weighted data except the range.

Main Article

Page created: April 03, 2022
Page updated: May 22, 2022
Page reviewed: May 22, 2022
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external