An earlier AHIP report estimated that the direct costs of COVID-19 treatment for 2020 and 2021 would be between $56 and $556 billion depending upon rate of infection.
Revised reporting commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans projects lowered costs estimates for hospitalizations associated with COVID-19, even as the per patient costs for those admissions rise.
The report, conducted by Wakely Consulting Group, updates its March 30 report to reflect new data on the cost of the pandemic, utilization of healthcare and the effect of deferred treatment. The earlier report estimated that the direct costs of COVID-19 treatment for 2020 and 2021 would be between $56 billion and $556 billion depending upon rate of infection.
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