Preventable covid hospital costs

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Based on our estimates, described below, we find preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations cost $5.7 billion from June to August in 2021.
We used counts of adult hospitalizations with confirmed COVID-19 in recent months reported to HHS to estimate preventable hospitalization costs for unvaccinated adults. We focus on hospitalizations of adults (ages 18+) with COVID-19 because many children are still ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and even those minors who are eligible may need parental consent to get the vaccine. We made assumptions that result in a conservative estimate of costs attributable to preventable, unvaccinated hospitalizations.
Over 280,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations could have been prevented by vaccination between June to August 2021
Preventable COVID-related hospitalization costs for unvaccinated people in the U.S., June-August 2021

June 2021 July 2021 August 2021 Total
New hospital admissions of adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 60,000 125,000 345,000 530,000
Estimated share of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 who were unvaccinated 86.0% 86.0% 86.0% 86.0%
Estimated number of unvaccinated adults hospitalized for COVID-19 51,000 108,000 297,000 456,000
Estimated share of hospitalizations primarily for COVID-19 75% 75% 75% 75%
Estimated number of unvaccinated adults hospitalized primarily for COVID-19 39,000 81,000 222,000 342,000
Estimated share of unvaccinated hospitalizations for COVID-19 that were preventable 84% 84% 84% 84%
Estimated number of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations 32,000 68,000 187,000 287,000
Approximate cost per COVID-related hospital admission $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000
Estimated preventable cost for unvaccinated COVID-related adult hospitalizations $0.6 Billion $1.4 Billion $3.7 Billion $5.7 Billion
Note: Numbers may not sum due to rounding.
Source: KFF analysis of CDC, CMS, and HHS Protect data Get the data PNG