Table 5

Direct medical costs of genital herpes among claims database enrollees and extrapolated US estimates

Type of patient

Mean cost ($)

SD ($)

Median cost ($)

Mean total US costs

(in Mio $)

Incident GH

235

418

86

30.8

Prevalent GH

166

393

43

89.8

Active GH

355

536

191

21.8

Recurrent GH

499

707

359

101.6

Note: Costs are expressed in 1996 US$.

Szucs et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2001 1:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-1-5