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Estimated costs and utility
| Variable | Value |
| Cost per day | |
| Gargling (once) | $0.4 |
| Visiting physicians (once)* | $47.9 |
| Medicine (per day) | $2.0 |
| Lost productivity due to severe URI (per day) | $97.7 |
| Utility | |
| Moderate URI | 0.63 |
| Severe URI | 0.24 |
* Only 36% of those who developed URI were assumed to visit a physician.
