Open AccessAn analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever.
Author(s) -
Wayne X. Shandera,
Jeffery P. Taylor,
Thomas G. Betz,
Paul 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.