Cost domain | Children with PCHL | HCG (n=37) Mean (SD) | PCHL versus HCG Mean difference (Bootstrap SE) | 95% CI | |||
Moderate (n=32) | Severe (n=18) | Profound (n=23) | All PCHL (n=73) | ||||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
Hospital outpatient | 168.94 (330.48) | 125.11 (274.74) | 202.96 (693.85) | 168.85 (461.30) | 141.19 (307.21) | 27.66 (76.15) | −121.60 to 176.92 |
No UNHS | 238.57 (383.15) | 85.00 (191.79) | 60.00 (224.50) | 132.37 (291.70) | |||
UNHS | 114.78 (282.50) | 175.25 (361.72) | 425.33 (1072.67) | 208.46 (595.76) | |||
Hospital inpatient | 165.59 (712.58) | – | 65.83 (218.09) | 93.33 (487.75) | – | 93.33 (60.86) | −25.96 to 212.61 |
No UNHS | 108.14 (404.63) | 54.07 (202.32) | 59.76 (271.61) | ||||
UNHS | 210.28 (892.13) | 84.11 (252.33) | 129.77 (648.75) | ||||
Cochlear implant | – | – | 2652.13 (7001.67) | 835.60 (4064.28) | – | 835.6 (415.43) | 21.37 to 1649.83 |
No UNHS | 2904.71 (7383.66) | 1070.16 (4601.24) | |||||
UNHS | 2259.22 (6777.67) | 580.94 (3436.90) | |||||
Hospital total | 400.16 (911.06) | 191.78 (353.71) | 2947.00 (7170.03) | 1151.21 (4195.99) | 141.19 (307.21) | 1010.02 (578.76) | −124.33 to 144.37 |
No UNHS | 432.43 (529.46) | 205.00 (366.22) | 3040.21 (7508.91) | 1333.34 (4657.81) | |||
UNHS | 375.06 (1139.16) | 175.25 (361.72) | 2802.00 (7050.75) | 953.46 (3687.43) | |||
Community and social care | 776.09 (916.37) | 2433.32 (4906.58) | 2590.92 (3608.70) | 1756.51 (3284.68) | 503.79 (437.67) | 1252.72 (402.05) | 464.71 to 2040.73 |
No UNHS | 930.67 (1185.75) | 2799.16 (6461.98) | 3061.47 (4450.85) | 2207.41 (4312.64) | |||
UNHS | 655.86 (648.94) | 1976.01 (2085.33) | 1858.94 (1621.98) | 1266.97 (1460.70) | |||
Respite care | 100.13 (566.39) | – | 174.13 (835.10) | 98.75 (596.21) | – | 98.75 (51.45) | −2.08 to 199.59 |
No UNHS | 228.86 (856.31) | 286.07 (1070.38) | 189.71 (820.98) | ||||
UNHS | – | – | – | ||||
Foster care | 604.77 (3421.08) | – | – | 265.10 (2265.05) | – | 265.10 (226.56) | −178.93 to 709.14 |
No UNHS | – | – | |||||
UNHS | 1075.14 (4561.45) | 552.93 (3271.18) | |||||
Equipment and home adaptations | 129.51 (220.89) | 200.33 (238.68) | 63.48 (122.87) | 126.17 (204.22) | – | 126.17 (22.49) | 82.10 to 170.24 |
No UNHS | 168.64 (286.39) | 223.00 (282.84) | 36.43 (72.39) | 134.24 (237.31) | |||
UNHS | 99.07 (154.97) | 172.00 (183.95) | 105.56 (172.43) | 117.41 (163.97) | |||
Educational services | 9250.30 (7817.55) | 9743.14 (9356.48) | 17 752.05 (10 077.91) | 12 082.50 (9655.09) | 5330.24 (1690.63) | 6752.26 (1117.46) | 4562.08 to 8942.44 |
No UNHS | 12 020.40 (9894.91) | 9940.71 (9096.11) | 17 080.49 (10 828.66) | 13 429.16 (10 251.11) | |||
UNHS | 7095.77 (5033.60) | 9520.87 (10 268.11) | 18 796.71 (9313.30) | 10 658.89 (8907.32) | |||
Lost productivity | 16.88 (59.48) | – | 82.61 (315.73) | 33.42 (182.09) | 12.97 (78.91) | 20.45 (24.39) | −27.35 to 68.25 |
No UNHS | 21.43 (80.18) | 107.14 (400.89) | 47.37 (246.86) | ||||
UNHS | 13.33 (38.81) | 44.44 (101.38) | 18.29 (58.69) | ||||
Other household | 521.25 (2040.87) | 461.22 (912.33) | 710.09 (1289.46) | 565.95 (1583.72) | 38.92 (236.73) | 527.03 (153.73) | 225.72 to 828.34 |
No UNHS | 927.43 (3071.52) | 208.60 (390.24) | 686.57 (1372.79) | 649.53 (2023.91) | |||
UNHS | 205.33 (373.21) | 777.00 (1272.98) | 746.67 (1227.84) | 475.20 (915.15) | |||
Total costs excluding education | 2548.77 (4914.31) | 3286.65 (5160.29) | 6568.22 (8890.53) | 3997.12 (6633.79) | 696.88 (674.54) | 3300.24 (644.21) | 2037.62 to 4562.86 |
No UNHS | 2709.45 (4331.12) | 3435.76 (6541.88) | 7217.90 (10 191.51) | 4561.59 (7602.96) | |||
UNHS | 2423.80 (5445.76) | 3100.26 (3094.22) | 5557.61 (6833.21) | 3384.26 (5435.40) | |||
Total costs including education | 11 799.07 (10 186.17) | 12 488.50 (13 179.43) | 24 320.28 (16 381.95) | 15 914.10 (14 167.56) | 5883.05 (2075.50) | 10 031.05 (1822.27) | 6459.47 to 13 602.62 |
No UNHS | 14 729.85 (12 598.90) | 12 382.40 (13 892.31) | 24 298.39 (19 877.75) | 17 637.35 (16 401.04) | |||
UNHS | 9519.57 (7432.83) | 12 621.12 (13 178.09) | 24 354.32 (9794.52) | 14 043.15 (11 198.32) |
HCG, hearing comparison group; PCHL, permanent childhood hearing loss > 40 dB; UNHS, universal newborn hearing screening.