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Table 4 Excess Economic Burden Estimates of Antimicrobial Resistance

From: Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review

Study

Exposure Group

Control Group

Country

Method

Excess Cost Estimate (2013 USD)

Cost per case

[135]

MDR TB

Susceptible TB

Germany

Stepwise Calculation

110,063

[135]

XDR TB

Susceptible TB

Germany

Stepwise Calculation

145,679

[143]

MDR TB

Susceptible TB

Europe

Stepwise Calculation

62,931

[143])

XDR TB

Susceptible TB

Europe

Stepwise Calculation

215,038

[56]

MRSA BSI

Non-nosocomial-infected patients

South Korea

Matching

21,832

Annual cost per stated country or stated region

[141]

Resistant Streptococcus pneumonia

Susceptible Streptococcus pneumonia

USA

Multistate model

236,495,000

[57]

MRSA

No MRSA

USA

Multistate model

7,848,223,600

[142]

Artemisinin resistant malaria

No resistance

High endemicity regions

Decision Tree

385,000,000

Global economic cost

[15]

Resistance globally (doubling of current infection rates and 100% resistance)

Lower rates of resistance (a 40% resistance increase from current rates)

Global

Total Factor Productivity model

14,228,000,000 less GDP produced in 2050 compared to 2050 in a scenario with lower resistance

[55]

Resistance globally (100% resistance rate)

No resistance

Global

Computable General Equilibrium model

3,158,862,360 less GDP produced in 2050 compared to 2050 with no resistance