[PA Engineer]

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Bill for Ebola Adds Up as Care Costs $1,000 an Hour

The bill may eventually total $500,000 including indirect costs such as the disruption to other areas of hospital care, said Dan Mendelson, chief executive officer of Avalere Health, a Washington consulting firm. Duncan’s care probably costs $18,000 to $24,000 a day, said Gerard Anderson, a health policy professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.

[PA Engineer]

Oh. I forgot. We need to add in the cost of the experimental drug. Found this:

“It is a valid dilemma for the company. In its year end financial report for 2013, Chimerix reported a net loss for the year of $36.4 million, almost nine times the loss it reported in 2012. Providing Brincidofovir for compassionate use will cost the company about $50,000 per dose. Since the drug is not yet approved, most insurance will not cover it.”

Citing Expense Drug Company Denies Potentially Life Saving Drug to Seven Year Old Boy

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