Publication: Costs of illness due to endemic cholera
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2012-03-01
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14694409
09502688
09502688
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Mahidol University
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Epidemiology and Infection. Vol.140, No.3 (2012), 500-509
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C. Poulos, A. Riewpaiboon, J. F. Stewart, J. Clemens, S. Guh, M. Agtini, D. Sur, Z. Islam, M. Lucas, D. Whittington Costs of illness due to endemic cholera. Epidemiology and Infection. Vol.140, No.3 (2012), 500-509. doi:10.1017/S0950268811000513 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/14946
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Costs of illness due to endemic cholera
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RTI International
Mahidol University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Ministry of Science and Technology
University of Manchester
Universitas Indonesia
Centre for Environmental Hygiene and Medical Examination
University of Washington, Seattle
North Carolina Central University
Mahidol University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Ministry of Science and Technology
University of Manchester
Universitas Indonesia
Centre for Environmental Hygiene and Medical Examination
University of Washington, Seattle
North Carolina Central University
Abstract
Economic analyses of cholera immunization programmes require estimates of the costs of cholera. The Diseases of the Most Impoverished programme measured the public, provider, and patient costs of culture-confirmed cholera in four study sites with endemic cholera using a combination of hospital-and community-based studies. Families with culture-proven cases were surveyed at home 7 and 14 days after confirmation of illness. Public costs were measured at local health facilities using a micro-costing methodology. Hospital-based studies found that the costs of severe cholera were US$32 and US$47 in Matlab and Beira. Community-based studies in North Jakarta and Kolkata found that cholera cases cost between US$28 and US$206, depending on hospitalization. Patients' cost of illness as a percentage of average monthly income were 21% and 65% for hospitalized cases in Kolkata and North Jakarta, respectively. This burden on families is not captured by studies that adopt a provider perspective. © 2011 Cambridge University Press.