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Table 5 Total number of inpatients, admissions, inpatient-days and total inpatient costs of rare disease population (2015–2016)

From: Healthcare burden of rare diseases in Hong Kong – adopting ORPHAcodes in ICD-10 based healthcare administrative datasets

 

Total number of inpatients

Total number of admission

Total inpatient-days

Total inpatient cost (HKD)a

2015–2016 rare disease population (% as compared to the general population)

22,606 (2.9%)

54,488 (5.06%)

330,091

1,594,339,530 (4.26%)

General population (all diseases including rare diseases)

777,616

1,077,325

7,757,181

37,467,184,230

  1. HKD Hong Kong dollars, LOS length of stay
  2. aUnit cost per inpatient-day in general (acute and convalescent) beds (as of 2015–2016 actual price): HKD$4830