An analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11017175 |
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| Authors | Wayne X Shandera, J P Taylor (0000-0002-0931-5215), Thomas G Betz, P A Blake (0000-0001-5764-1237) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-73 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.75.1.71 |
| PMID | 3966603 |
| OpenAlex | W2095626338 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
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
Economic cost · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Hepatitis · Hepatitis A · Medical costs · Outbreak · Typhoid fever · Medicine · Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology · Virology
| Highly cited | No |
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