The economic burden of bipolar disorder: a case study in Southern Iran

Table 2 Mean direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs per patient with bipolar disorder in 2022 from a social perspective

Type of cost		USD	%	Total cost (%)
Direct medical costs	Hoteling	1819		77.66
	Visit	704
	Consultation and Psychology services	68
	Nursing services	107
	Diagnostic and Rehabilitation	118
	Medicine and Consumables	196
	Other services*	269
	Total	3281
Direct non-medical costs	Patients Transportation	97	35.99	6.37
	Patients’ commute Transportation	129	47.92
	Patients’ accommodation and food	20	7.08
	accommodation and food for the patients’ commute	25	9.01
	Total	271	100
Indirect costs	Missed workdays due to illness	571	84.31	15.97
	patient companions’ missed workdays due to patient care	104	15.69
	Total	675	100
costs	Total cost	4227	100	100

* Emergency and other services that have been received due to the side effects of drugs and also due to the susceptibility of bipolar disorder patients to diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, thyroid, diabetes, and ovarian cysts

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