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The Office estimates that the average cost of hospital treatment for a person with a new coronavirus for taxpayers is € 1,960. “This price is different in each case and depends on the duration of treatment, comorbidities and the treatment method used,” said Rimantas Zagrebajevas, representative of VLK.
Treatment of COVID-19 patients, which costs more in Lithuania, cost taxpayers 130 thousand. euros. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been used in this patient as a treatment method used in particularly seriously ill patients who do not improve with oxygen therapy or artificial lung ventilation.
According to VLK, the COVID-19 molecular PCR test costs about 20-30 euros per person, calculating only the cost of the materials. For a patient who visited or was monitored in the hospital emergency department, the sickness funds paid an average of € 70 each.
As of Sunday, 3,083 cases of coronavirus infection had been detected in Lithuania.
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