Economic Burden of Legionnaires’ Disease, United States, 2014

Economic Burden of Legionnaires’ Disease, United States, 2014

Through the use of published estimates of medical costs and new calculations of productivity losses, we estimate the lifetime economic burden of 2014 Legionnaires’ disease cases in the United States at ≈$835 million. This total includes $21 million in productivity losses caused by absenteeism and $...

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Main Authors: Madeleine Baker-Goering, Kakoli Roy, Chris Edens, Sarah Collier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Legionnaires’ disease
cost of illness
absenteeism
mortality
premature
Legionella
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/1/19-1198_article

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