Assessment of Economic Burden of Concurrent Measles and Rubella Outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012
In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jg. 25 (2019), Heft 6, S. 1101-1109
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We estimated the economic impact of concurrent measles and rubella outbreaks in Romania during 2011–2012. We collected costs from surveys of 428 case-patients and caretakers, government records, and health staff interviews. We then estimated financial and opportunity costs. During the study period, 12,427 measles cases and 24,627 rubella cases were recorded; 27 infants had congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). The cost of the outbreaks was US $9.9 million. Cost per case was US $439 for measles, US $132 for rubella, and US $44,051 for CRS. Up to 36% of households needed to borrow money to pay for illness treatment. Approximately 17% of patients continued to work while ill to pay their treatment expenses. Our key study findings were that households incurred a high economic burden compared with their incomes, the health sector bore most costs, and CRS costs were substantial and relevant to include in rubella outbreak cost studies.
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Assessment of Economic Burden of Concurrent Measles and Rubella Outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Njau, Joseph ; Janta, Denisa ; Stanescu, Aurora ; Pallas, Sarah S. ; Pistol, Adriana ; Khetsuriani, Nino ; Reef, Susan ; Ciurea, Daniel ; Butu, Cassandra ; Wallace, Aaron S. ; Zimmerman, Laura |
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Zeitschrift: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jg. 25 (2019), Heft 6, S. 1101-1109 |
Veröffentlichung: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 (print) ; 1080-6059 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid2506.180339 |
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