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Just One Case of Measles Costs More Than $10,000
By Jonathan Berr,
The Fiscal Times
February 8, 2015
...For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat... For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat.
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For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/08/Just-One-Case-Measles-Cost-More-10000#sthash.7y5UnZoY.dpuf
Just One Case of Measles Costs More Than $10,000
By Jonathan Berr,
The Fiscal Times
February 8, 2015
...For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat... For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/08/Just-One-Case-Measles-Cost-More-10000#sthash.7y5UnZoY.dpuf
For example, a 2008 outbreak in San Diego, California, that began with an unvaccinated boy and led to 11 cases, cost $124,517 to contain, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
The public sector costs of treating each case each was $10,376, including the 1,745 person hours spent on ?investigation and containment efforts,? according to the study. Direct medical costs totaled $1,347 and expenses related to quarantining 48 children who were too young to be vaccinated equaled $775 per patient.
A CDC study published in the journal Vaccine noted that there were 16 measles outbreaks in 2011 that resulted in 107 cases and cost public health departments between $2.7 million and $5.3 million to combat.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/08/Just-One-Case-Measles-Cost-More-10000#sthash.7y5UnZoY.dpuf