An analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever. | Zendy

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An analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever.

Author(s) -

Wayne X. Shandera,

Jeffery P. Taylor,

Thomas G. Betz,

P A Blake

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.1.71

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , outbreak , medicine , environmental health , medical costs , hepatitis a , economic cost , health care , hepatitis , virology , economics , neoclassical economics , economic growth

We examined the costs of a typhoid fever outbreak caused by exposures to contaminated food over a 47-day period at a restaurant. For the 49 respondents, the patient-related costs (+215,548) were primarily medical expenses (+183,902) and lost income or productivity (+28,603). The estimated patient-related costs for all 80 outbreak-associated cases was +351,920. Had contaminated food continued to be served, the prevention-related costs (+36,500) would have been offset by patient-related costs (+7,488/day) within 5 days.

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