Table 4 Total economic burden and economic cost per SARS-CoV-2 infection in HCWs for low- and high-impact scenarios
From: Modelling the economic burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers in four countries
Total economic loss (US$ million) | Economic cost as a share of total health expenditure | Cost per SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCWs (Total cost/ number of SARS-CoV-2 infections among HCWs) | The ratio of cost per SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCWs to GDP/capita | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low-impact scenario | High-impact scenario | Low-impact scenario | High-impact scenario | Low-impact scenario | High-impact scenario | Low-impact scenario | High-impact scenario | |
Kenya | $35.83 | $246.12 | 0.64% | 4.41% | $10,641 | $73,098 | 5.69 | 39.09 |
Eswatini | $11.58 | $23.21 | 3.59% | 7.19% | $25,509 | $51,121 | 6.47 | 12.97 |
Colombia | $369.18 | $509.20 | 1.32% | 1.82% | $8,801 | $12,139 | 1.34 | 1.85 |
SA-WC | $280.40 | $398.69 | 6.95% | 9.89% | $28,032 | $39,857 | 4.73 | 6.72 |
SA-KZN | $471.96 | $633.22 | 7.11% | 9.54% | $29,659 | $39,793 | 5.00 | 6.71 |
