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Table 1 Costs included in cost of illness (COI) studies using different perspectives a

From: Cost of illness studies on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: a systematic literature review

Perspective

Medical cost

Cost of lost productivity (due to morbidity and mortality)

Non-medical cost (time cost, informal care, transportation)

Transfer payment

Societal

All

All

All

Administration cost and excess burden of taxes

Health care system

All

Participants and their families

Out of pocket costs

Lost wages or household production

Out of pocket costs

Amount received

Third party payer

Covered cost

Covered cost

Amount paid by others + administration cost

  1. Adapted from Gold et al. [14] and Segel JE [16]. aThis is a general categorization and may not apply to all cases.