Estimated hidden cost of asthma report 2015 (Deloitte report)

The estimated cost of asthma in Australia in 2015 was $28 billion. This equates to $11,740 per person with asthma and includes;
• $24.7 billion attributed to disability and premature death,
• $1.2 billion on healthcare costs (including medication, hospital and out-of-hospital costs,
• $1.1 billion in loss of productivity,
• $72.9 million in loss of wages for carers, and
• $289.4 million in income support for carers of people with asthma