Editing Pneumonia (section)

===Costs===
The global economic cost of community-acquired pneumonia has been estimated at $17&nbsp;billion annually.<ref name=Clinic2011/> Other estimates are considerably higher. In 2012 the estimated aggregate costs of treating pneumonia in the United States were $20&nbsp;billion;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/tables_compendia_hh_interactive.jsp?_SERVICE=MEPSSocket0&_PROGRAM=MEPSPGM.TC.SAS&File=HCFY2012&Table=HCFY2012_CNDXP_C&_Debug=|title=Household Component Summary Data Tables|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220165205/https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/tables_compendia_hh_interactive.jsp?_SERVICE=MEPSSocket0&_PROGRAM=MEPSPGM.TC.SAS&File=HCFY2012&Table=HCFY2012_CNDXP_C&_Debug=|archive-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> the median cost of a single pneumonia-related hospitalization is over $15,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/tables_compendia_hh_interactive.jsp?_SERVICE=MEPSSocket0&_PROGRAM=MEPSPGM.TC.SAS&File=HCFY2012&Table=HCFY2012_CNDXP_CA&_Debug=|title=Household Component Summary Data Tables|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220165213/https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/tables_compendia_hh_interactive.jsp?_SERVICE=MEPSSocket0&_PROGRAM=MEPSPGM.TC.SAS&File=HCFY2012&Table=HCFY2012_CNDXP_CA&_Debug=|archive-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> According to data released by the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]], average 2012 hospital charges for inpatient treatment of uncomplicated pneumonia in the U.S. were $24,549 and ranged as high as $124,000. The average cost of an emergency room consult for pneumonia was $943 and the average cost for medication was $66.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/08/one-hospital-charges-8000-another-38000/ |title=One hospital charges $8,000 – another, $38,000 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Aggregate annual costs of treating pneumonia in Europe have been estimated at €10&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Welte T, Torres A, Nathwani D | title = Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Europe | journal = Thorax | volume = 67 | issue = 1 | pages = 71–79 | date = January 2012 | pmid = 20729232 | doi = 10.1136/thx.2009.129502 | doi-access = free }}</ref>