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Table 1 Costs and outcomes in each model state

From: Cost‐effectiveness of intensive care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: experience from South Africa

Health state

Cost per health state

Transition outcome to recovered

Transition outcome to dead

Severe patients

Public / private sector cost per hospitalisation in general ward for severe patients

Disability weight for severe patients applied over duration of 1.5 months

Disability weight for severe patients applied over duration of 0.5 months; Years of Life Lost

Critical patients

Public / private sector cost per hospitalisation in general ward and ICU for critical patients (GW + ICU model) or general ward only (GW model)

Disability weight for critical patients applied over duration of 2 months

Disability weight for critical patients applied over duration of 0.5 months; Years of Life Lost