Economic burden of irritable bowel syndrome in China

Table 8 Economic burden per person with irritable bowel syndrome in other studies

Ref.	Country	Total costs		Units
		Direct	Indirect
This study	China	13638.68 (2190.42)1	4624.15 (801.64)1	2015CNY (2015USD)
Dean et al[52]	United States		7737 (10398)2	2005USD (2015USD)
Leong et al[23]	United States	3736 (6175)2	791 (1307)2	1998USD (2015USD)
Ricci et al[53]	United States	7547 (11758)2		2000USD (2015USD)
Ahn et al[54]	United States	1562 (2294)2		2002USD (2015USD)
Creed et al[55]	United Kingdom	1743 (2634)3	334.50 (505.45)3	2003USD (2015USD)

¹USD1 = CNY6.2265;

²The discount rate was 3% in United States;

³The discount rate was 3.5% in United Kingdom.