Assessment of Economic Burden of Concurrent Measles and Rubella Outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Njau, Joseph ; Janta, Denisa ; Stanescu, Aurora ; Pallas, Sarah S. ; Pistol, Adriana ; Khetsuriani, Nino ; Reef, Susan ; Ciurea, Daniel ; Butu, Cassandra ; Wallace, Aaron S. ; Zimmerman, Laura
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Assessment Of Economic Burden Of Concurrent Measles And Rubella Outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012 Concurrent Outbreaks Congenital Rubella Syndrome Economic Burden Measles Measles Virus Middle-income Countries Outbreak Costs Research Romania Rubella Rubella Virus Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(6):1101-1109
• Pubmed ID:
  31107215
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6537719
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:477d63687de24444caf4ceba5e4606d2a116d312e832829f73db815f91c76501
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79398/cdc_79398_DS1.pdf
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