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These skin conditions contribute to higher healthcare costs and burdens on healthcare systems. The Big Skin Health Intervention Fiji Trial (\u201cBig SHIFT\u201d) carried out surveillance for scabies and SSTIs from July 2018 to June 2019 in the Northern Division of Fiji, an area with high prevalence of scabies, prior to a division-wide ivermectin-based mass drug administration (MDA) campaign. Using data from Big SHIFT, we sought to estimate the annual direct healthcare costs of scabies and related SSTIs for the Northern Division and extrapolate these costs to the national level. We categorized SSTIs as being potentially scabies-related or unlikely scabies-related, based on a previous study. The analysis used a health system perspective, with the main resource use categories of outpatient visits, bed days during admissions, medicines, and diagnostic tests. 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