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Cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations for unvaccinated is $5.7 billion

September 15, 2021 Reprints

The U.S. healthcare system has spent roughly $5.7 billion through August treating COVID-19 hospitalizations that could have been prevented with vaccines, according to new Kaiser Family Foundation estimates, reports Fierce Healthcare. The bulk of this spending, about $3.7 billion, came in August alone as hospitals provided care to approximately 187,000 preventable cases, Oakland, Calif.-based KFF reports.

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Cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations for unvaccinated is $5.7 billion

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