EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2024

Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release.

Source/Credit: JAMA Network Open; Original Investigation; Inpatient Costs of Treating Patients With COVID-19

Embed this link to provide your readers free access to the full-text article This link is live at the embargo time http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50145?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=010324

About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is an online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication. 

About The Study: In this study of more than 1.3 million inpatient admissions for treatment of COVID-19 from March 2020 through March 2022, researchers estimated an average national medical resource use or hospital cost to deliver care per COVID-19 inpatient stay at $11,275. Hospital costs increased more than five times the rate of medical inflation over this period. This was explained partly by changes in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which also increased over time. Nonetheless, costs to provide inpatient care increased even as care practices changed, vaccination rates increased, and the variants of concern evolved.

Authors: Kandice A. Kapinos, Ph.D., of the RAND Corporation in Arlington, Virginia, is the corresponding author. 

(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50145)

Editor’s Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

#  #  #

For more information, contact JAMA Network Media Relations at 312-464-JAMA (5262) or email media relations.

SOURCE: JAMA NETWORK OPEN: https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/inpatient-costs-of-treating-patients-with-covid-19/