Cost of Illness for Five Major Foodborne Illnesses and Sequelae in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The main objective of this study was to derive cost estimates of five major foodborne illnesses (campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), yersiniosis and shigellosis) in Sweden. These estimates provide a necessary contribution to perform future cost-benefit analyses aimed at reducing the burden of foodborne disease. A secondary aim was to obtain estimates of the true number of cases that occur in the community, thus providing necessary ground for calculating costs.

Methods

The true number of cases for each foodborne illness was simulated by multiplying the reported number of cases by sequential multipliers, one for each potential source of information loss about a case. This assessment of the true number of cases was then used

SUBMITTER: Sundstrom K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5874275 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature