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. 2010 Mar;16(3):480–486. doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090667

Table 3. Estimated economic costs of WNND cases due to productivity loss, Sacramento County, California, 2005*.

Productivity loss Value of work day missed† Value of nonwork day missed‡ No. work days missed No. nonwork days missed No. patients
% Cases Total costs for all cases
<60 >60
For patients <60 y $191 $125 50 10 31 100 $334,800
For patients >60 y $125 60 15 100 $112,500
For caretakers

$125
25

8
4
26
$37,500
Total costs $484,800

*WNND, West Nile neuroinvasive disease.
†Estimated by using data from BLS (17).
‡Estimated by using data from Grosse (18) and BLS (17).