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Table 3 Economic cost of eating disorders in 2015

From: Economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea

 

Eating disorders

Anorexia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa

Other eating disorders

 Classification

Male

Female

Sub total

Male

Female

Sub total

Male

Female

Sub total

Male

Female

Sub total

Direct costs

Direct medical costs

246,792

2,572,075

2,818,867

91,585

1,037,569

1129 154

31,420

737,817

769,237

123,786

796,690

920,476

Direct non-medical costs

 Transportation cost for hospital visits

11,492

84,283

95,776

4402

20,806

25,208

1275

27,047

28,322

5815

36,430

42,245

 Caregiver cost

79,798

405,167

484,965

44,865

213,194

258,059

5964

67,603

73,568

28,969

124,370

153,339

Total direct costs

338,082

3,061,526

3,399,608

140,852

1,271,569

1,412,421

38,660

832,467

871,127

158,570

957,490

1,116,060

Indirect costs-2

453,177

1,602,841

2,056,018

132,185

353,510

485,694

18,772

328,218

346,991

302,220

921,113

1,223,333

Total costs

791,259

4,664,367

5,455,626

273,037

1,625,078

1,898,115

57,432

1,160,686

1,218,118

460,790

1,878,602

2,339,393

  1. Note. Exchange rate US dollar: 1 Korean won = 1132 US dollar from the Bank of Korea (http://ecos.bok.or.kr/); For indirect costs-2, productivity loss from the absence from work due to hospital admission and outpatient visits were included