Making Sense of Recent Cost-of-Foodborne-Illness Estimates

Sandra Hoffmann ; Tobenna D. Anekwe

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Foodborne illness;    health valuation;    cost of illness;    QALY;    willingness to pay;    VSL EQ-5D;    burden of disease;    chronic sequelae;    Campylobacter;    E. coli;    Listeria;    norovirus;    Salmonella;    Toxoplasma;    Vibrio;    Yersinia;   

RP-ID  :  EIB-118

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Three recent studies provide cost-of-foodborne-illness estimates ranging from $14.1 billion to $152 billion. This report shows that differences in these estimates are largely due to the number of diseases considered, the valuation methods used, and uncertainty about disease incidence estimates.