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. 2013 Mar 18;8(3):e57439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057439

Table 7. Outbreak response costs associated with an outbreak of salmonellosis, Alamosa, Colorado 2008.

Personnel Other* Total
Governmental organizations
Federal Government $19,040 $19,040
State of Colorado $215,925 $316,449 $532,374
Alamosa County $52,817 $7,582 $60,399
City of Alamosa $50,872 $19,023 $69,895
Non-governmental organizations
Volunteer organizations $40,135# $40,575 $80,710
Other organizations $60,896 $60,896
Total $439,685 $383,629 $823,314
*

Includes transportation, supplies, lodging, etc.

As captured by City of Alamosa record-keeping.

Includes expenses covered by the state disaster fund (e.g., National Guard, incident management teams); these were all included in the “Other” category because personnel costs were not reported separately from other expenses.

#

Includes $7,920 for staff overtime (3 persons and a total of 750 hours of overtime) and $32,215 in estimated indirect costs associated with volunteer time (4,589 volunteer hours estimated at Colorado minimum wage rate of $7.02/hour).