Table 2 Costs and health parameters included, mean and 95% confidence interval in brackets
From: Costs and benefits of early response in the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone
Cost group | Age group: | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 15 years | 15–44 years | ≥ 45 years | ||
Supportive care | ||||
Patient recovers | 431 (413–450) | 446 (428–466) | 447 (428–464) | [31] |
Patient dies | 178 (163–195) | 185 (169–202) | 185 (168–202) | [31] |
Extensive supportive care | ||||
Patient recovers | 598 (576–622) | 830 (800–862) | 830 (801–859) | [31] |
Patient dies | 238 (217–259) | 321 (292–351) | 322 (291–351) | [31] |
Personnel costs | ||||
Patient recovers | 59 (57–61) | 59 (57–61) | 59 (57–61) | [31] |
Patient dies | 21 (19–23) | 21 (19–23) | 21 (19–23) | [31] |
Productivity losses due to | ||||
Absenteeism during illness episode | 23 (22–24) | 23 (22–24) | 23 (22–24) | [31] |
Mortality | 42 747.2 (12 355.9–128 273.4) | 29 640 (7 599.2–90 040.3) | 13 227.5 (2 934.1–42 393.5) | Calculated using the wealth distribution [40] |
Disability weights | ||||
Acute phase of illness | 0.133 (0.088–0.19) | [38] | ||
Post-sequelae | 0.219 (0.148–0.308) | [38] | ||
Mortality, HALE (range) | 51.3 (48.11–53.51) | 34 (24.76–43.84) | 13.92 (7.32–21.38) | [38] |
Duration of illness | ||||
Acute phase, recover | 15.1 (14.6–15.6) days | [38] | ||
Acute phase, death | 8.2 (7.9–8.4) | [38] | ||
Post-sequelae | 0.75 years (0.417–1.135) | [38] | ||