Productivity costs associated with reactive school closures related to influenza or influenza-like illness in the United States from 2011 to 2019

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Schools close in reaction to seasonal influenza outbreaks and, on occasion, pandemic influenza. The unintended costs of reactive school closures associated with influenza or influenza-like illness (ILI) has not been studied previously. We estimated the costs of ILI-related reactive school closures in the United States over eight academic years.

Methods

We used prospectively collected data on ILI-related reactive school closures from August 1, 2011 to June 30, 2019 to estimate the costs of the closures, which included productivity costs for parents, teachers, and non-teaching school staff. Productivity cost estimates were evaluated by multiplying the number of days for each closure by the state- and year-specific average hourly or daily wage rates for parents,

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10243616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature