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Table 7 Direct medical costs and Indirect costs* by patients with a history of addiction and without a history of addiction

From: Determinants and economic burden of HIV/AIDS in Iran: a prospective study

Type of service

Addiction

No addiction

Direct medical costs(Patient share)

65.05 ± 115.83

51.31 ± 106.03

Direct medical costs(Government share)

129.57 ± 70.6

113.11 ± 55.44

Direct nonmedical costs(Patient share)

23.07 ± 67.50

31.65 ± 44.30

Direct nonmedical costs(Government share)

0

0

Days lost due to illness(patient)

1313.33 ± 2039.29

519.72 ± 1322.05

Days lost due to illness (accompanying the patient)

1.70 ± 7.09

13.14 ± 34.14

Days lost due to illness (Caring for the patient)

41.65 ± 287.18

34.11 ± 327.22

The percentage of attracting income to HIV AIDS

0.2 ± 0.33

0.19 ± 0.3

The percentage of income reduction due to HIV AIDS

0.44 ± 0.42

0.18 ± 0.33

  1. *The monetary unit considered in this study was the US dollar