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Table 3 Individual level component costs and data sources from 84 cost of foodborne illness studies published between 1972 and 2012 identified from a scoping review

From: Component costs of foodborne illness: a scoping review

Component costs

Na

Data sourcesb

Direct costs

 

H

D

L

OC

S

O

C

P

E

M

N/P

N/A

  Medical costs

16

1

3

2

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

2

5

   Treatment costs

14

4

2

3

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

1

     Drug costs

29

3

3

6

1

3

2

1

-

-

4

3

3

       Prescription

18

3

3

1

-

6

-

1

-

-

1

1

2

       Over-the-counter

6

-

1

1

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Non-personal transportation (ambulance)

12

1

1

3

1

-

-

-

1

2

1

-

2

     Rehabilitation

10

-

1

3

1

-

1

1

-

-

2

-

1

     Materials (disposable/non-disposable)

7

1

2

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

     Home visits

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

3

1

     Rehydration treatment

2

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Palliative care

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

   Laboratory costs

20

5

3

2

1

2

1

-

-

1

2

1

2

     Pathogen diagnosis and analysis

15

3

2

1

-

2

3

-

-

-

3

-

1

     Ancillary diagnostics

10

3

2

1

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

1

     Laboratory sampling

7

1

1

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

   Personnel costs

7

2

3

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Physician

31

1

6

5

1

3

3

1

-

1

6

2

2

     General practitioner physician

17

2

5

4

-

3

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

     Non-physician

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

       Nurses

4

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

       Laboratory technician

3

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Consultants

7

-

1

2

-

1

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

     Specialists

5

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

    Hospital services costs

46

5

6

11

1

2

5

1

-

1

7

3

4

     Emergency room

14

4

3

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

2

     Intensive care unit

5

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

-

-

     Surgical services

3

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

     Dialysis

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Community services (out-patient) costs

11

-

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

1

3

    Long-term care services costs

4

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Indirect costs

             

  Productivity losses

30

-

2

6

1

4

2

-

-

-

3

4

8

     Due to sick leave from work (patient)

42

1

6

7

1

10

3

1

1

-

4

1

6

     Due to caring for others (caregiver)

19

-

5

3

-

6

2

-

-

-

3

-

-

       Due to care of sick children

11

-

2

1

1

1

1

-

-

-

1

2

2

     Lost leisure time

14

-

3

6

1

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

     Due to long-term or permanent disability

8

-

1

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

2

-

1

  Patient transportation (non-ambulance) costs

20

-

2

6

-

5

1

-

1

-

1

2

2

     For visitors and relatives

6

-

-

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

     Parking fees

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Additional costs

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Value-of-life lost

29

-

1

15

1

1

1

-

-

-

3

2

5

     Pain and suffering

21

-

-

8

2

2

1

-

-

-

2

2

4

     Risk aversion behaviours

9

2

2

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

     Facility (operational) costs

9

1

2

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

1

-

     Non-medical materials

7

-

-

1

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Totals

 

49

84

108

17

72

41

8

3

5

69

34

68

  1. aCounts represent the number of studies reporting each component cost category at the specified level of detail. Therefore, a study that is counted as including a higher-level category (e.g., treatment costs) cannot contribute a count to a lower-level category (e.g., drug costs) within the same grouping, and vice versa.
  2. bD: Database, L: Literature, OC: Online calculator S: Survey, O: Outbreak data, C: Census, P: Population statistics, E: Expert opinion, M: Multiple, N/P: Not provided, N/A: Not applicable.
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