The cost of clinical management of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) infection by level of disease severity in Ghana: a protocol-based cost of illness analysis

Table 1 Estimated cost of COVID-19 treatment by the level of severity and treatment setting (in United States Dollars, USD)

Cost Category	Cost of home management (USD)	Estimated cost by level of disease severity for institutionalised care (USD)				Average
Cost Category	Cost of home management (USD)	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Critical	Average
In-patient care	–	1259	1269	3546	4587	4066
Investigations	132	147	340	277	489	277
Medications	14	14	89	199	335	130
Overheads	17	4072	6701	13,276	14,660	7745
Staff time	118	215	1552	3007	3312	1641
Total	282	5707	9952	20,305	23,382	11,925

Note: the analysis presented in the table was based on the COVID-19 treatment protocol. No patient data is reported in this table

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