Hospitalization costs for children with pneumonia in Shanghai, China from 2019 to 2020

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Table 1. Composition of hospitalization expenses of children with pneumonia in Shanghai, China from 2019 to 2020.

Cost classification			Total cost		Mean cost
			Cost ($)	Percentage（%）	Cost ($)	Standard error	95%CI
Total hospitalization cost			177750		1193	72	1050∼1335
	Out-of-pocket cost		95657	54	642	83	479∼805
Diagnostic cost			65835	37	442	12	418∼466
	Laboratory fees		62255	35	418	11	397∼439
	Imaging fees		2187	1	15	2	11∼19
	Fees for clinical diagnosis		1393	1	9	1	7∼12
Expenses for medicine			38116	21	256	49	159∼353
	Cost of western medicine		37736	21	253	49	157∼349
	Cost of antibiotics*		23527	13	158	41	77∼239
	Cost of Chinese traditional medicine		224	0	2	0	1∼2
	Cytokine fee		156	0	1	1	−0.3∼2
The service fee			62060	35	417	27	363∼470
	General medical services fee		42268	24	235	332	235∼332
	General treatment fee		8024	5	48	59	48∼59
	Nursing fee		9770	6	61	70	61∼70
	Other service fee		1998	1	11	16	11∼16
Materials expenses			11727	7	79	4	71∼87
	One-time medical materials used for examinations		6	0	0	0	0∼0.1
	Disposable medical materials for treatment		11049	6	74	3	68∼81
	One-time medical materials used for surgery		30	0	0	0	−0.2∼0.6
	Other material expenses		642	0	4	1	2∼6
Surgical treatment expense			23	0	0	0	−0.1∼0.4
	Surgical treatment fee		12	0	0	0	0∼0.2
	Anesthesia fee		2	0	0	0	0∼0
	Operation fee		9	0	0	0	−0.1∼0.2

*The cost of antibiotics is included in the cost of western medicine, and 13.24% is the proportion of antibiotics in the total hospitalization cost.

Table 2. Pneumonia types and hospitalization expenses in Shanghai from 2019 to 2020.

Diagnostic classification	No. of cases	Proportion (%)	Total cost ($)	Mean cost ($)	Average length of hospitalization (days)	Average daily hospitalization cost ($)
Bronchopneumonia	68	46	72638	1068	7.4	145
Mycoplasma pneumonia	28	19	34994	1250	8.6	146
Community acquired pneumonia, non-severe	17	11	17825	1049	7.4	143
Asthmatic bronchopneumonia	15	10	18661	1244	8.6	145
Pneumonia	7	5	16394	2342	11.4	205
Lobar pneumonia	6	4	8119	1353	8.7	156
Severe pneumonia	3	2	2654	885	3.7	241
Mycoplasma pneumoniae acute bronchitis	2	1	1257	629	4.0	157
Viral pneumonia	1	1	1375	1375	14.0	98
Lung abscess with pneumonia	1	1	3151	3151	14.0	225
Bronchopneumonia, non-severe	1	1	683	683	7.0	98
Total	149	100	177750	1193	7.9	150

Data availability statement

The datasets analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to the provision on confidentiality of information of Huangpu CDC but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.