The Economic Burden of Otitis Media in Korea, 2012: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Economic burden of disease due to otitis media by age group in 2012.

Age	Inpatient				⁢Outpatient				Total
	Number of outpatient visits	Direct cost	Indirect cost	Total cost	Total days of inpatient admission	Direct cost	Indirect cost	Total cost	Number of patients	Direct cost	Indirect cost	Total cost	Per capita
0–9	7,877,576	16.76	—	16.76	99,773	257.87	—	257.87	1,067,648	274.62	—	274.62	257.22
10–19	596,280	1.90	—	1.90	7,004	21.74	—	21.74	146,421	23.64	—	23.64	161.44
20–29	217,858	1.57	0.31	1.88	5,228	6.20	4.27	10.47	58,462	7.77	4.58	12.35	211.22
30–39	428,285	3.18	0.89	4.07	10,532	11.66	11.90	23.56	103,126	14.84	12.79	27.63	267.91
40–49	550,212	7.24	2.01	9.25	23,158	16.33	16.23	32.56	109,304	23.57	18.24	41.81	382.52
50–59	710,480	10.88	2.62	13.49	34,540	22.31	18.41	40.72	123,555	33.18	21.03	54.21	438.76
60–69	585,154	6.82	1.17	7.99	21,856	17.66	10.50	28.16	91,795	24.48	11.67	36.15	393.79
70–79	481,091	2.37	—	2.37	7,864	19.06	—	19.06	68,545	21.43	—	21.43	312.65
80+	131,155	0.41	—	0.41	2,312	5.10	—	5.10	19,447	5.51	—	5.51	283.26
Total	11,578,091	51.13	7.00	58.12	40,897	377.93	61.31	439.24	1,788,303	429.04	48.31	497.35	278.11

Unit: 1 million US dollar.
1 US dollar = 1,126.76 Korean won (mean exchange rate of 2012).