Skip to main content
. 2013 Apr 9;8(4):e61504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061504

Table 3. Total pandemic costs (with death related productivity losses), cost breakdowns and percentages of different cost components.

Category 1 (CFR 0.1%) Category 5 (CFR 2.5%)
Interventions Total Cost HCC AVC ISDPL DRPL Total Cost HCC AVC ISDPL DRPL
no intervention $441 $86 $0 $65 $290 $8,550 $1,472 $0 $65 $7,013
19% 0% 15% 66% 17% 0% 1% 82%
SC 2 wks+T+H+E $351 $41 $74 $97 $139 $4,233 $704 $74 $97 $3,358
12% 21% 28% 40% 17% 2% 2% 79%
*SC cont+WR cont $1,217 $39 $0 $1,050 $128 $4,804 $661 $0 $1,050 $3,092
3% 0% 86% 11% 14% 0% 22% 64%
SC 8+WR 4+CCR 4+T+H $555 $37 $50 $342 $126 $4,079 $638 $50 $342 $3,048
7% 9% 62% 23% 16% 1% 8% 75%
SC 8 wks+T+H $392 $36 $50 $186 $120 $3,750 $614 $50 $186 $2,900
9% 13% 47% 31% 16% 1% 5% 77%
*SC cont+CCR 4 $518 $36 $0 $364 $118 $3,826 $612 $0 $364 $2,849
7% 0% 70% 23% 16% 0% 10% 74%
*SC cont+WR 4+CCR 4 $654 $35 $0 $505 $115 $3,882 $597 $0 $505 $2,781
5% 0% 77% 18% 15% 0% 13% 72%
SC 8 wks+T+H+E $398 $32 $73 $187 $106 $3,367 $543 $73 $187 $2,565
8% 18% 47% 27% 16% 2% 6% 76%
SC 8+WR 4+CCR 4+T+H+E $543 $30 $72 $340 $101 $3,371 $514 $72 $340 $2,445
6% 13% 63% 19% 15% 2% 10% 73%
SC cont+T+H $516 $24 $48 $363 $81 $2,775 $418 $48 $363 $1,946
5% 9% 70% 16% 15% 2% 13% 70%
SC cont+T+H+E $521 $21 $70 $359 $70 $2,485 $364 $70 $359 $1,691
4% 13% 69% 13% 15% 3% 14% 68%
*SC cont+CCR cont $447 $20 $0 $363 $65 $2,275 $337 $0 $363 $1,575
4% 0% 81% 15% 15% 0% 16% 69%
SC cont+(WR+CCR) 4+T+H+E $618 $19 $69 $466 $63 $2,390 $324 $69 $466 $1,531
3% 11% 75% 10% 14% 3% 20% 64%
SC cont+WR 4+CCR 4+T+H $616 $12 $22 $1,045 $41 $2,329 $314 $47 $489 $1,478
1% 2% 93% 4% 13% 2% 21% 63%
*SC cont+WR cont+CCR cont $1,116 $16 $0 $1,047 $53 $2,603 $273 $0 $1,047 $1,284
1% 0% 94% 5% 10% 0% 40% 49%
SC cont+CCR cont+T+H+E $402 $15 $68 $267 $51 $1,835 $260 $68 $267 $1,240
4% 17% 66% 13% 14% 4% 15% 68%
(SC+WR+CCR) cont+T+H+E $1,063 $15 $68 $926 $53 $2,530 $263 $68 $926 $1,272
1% 6% 87% 5% 10% 3% 37% 50%
SC cont+CCR cont+T+H $452 $12 $46 $351 $42 $1,619 $214 $46 $351 $1,008
3% 10% 78% 9% 13% 3% 22% 62%
(SC+WR+CCR) cont+T+H $1,119 $12 $46 $1,018 $42 $2,284 $210 $46 $1,018 $1,009
1% 4% 91% 4% 9% 2% 45% 44%

Total costs (bold) are expressed as dollars per member of population. Cost breakdowns are also expressed as dollars per member of population. Percentages of cost components of the total cost for each intervention are presented in cells below the corresponding cost. Death related productivity losses are discounted. Cost categories are abbreviated as follows: HCC – health care costs (GP visits, hospitalisation and ICU usage), AVC – antiviral costs (cost of drugs, dispensing and stockpile renewal), ISDPL – illness and social distancing productivity losses, DRPL – death-related productivity losses. Interventions abbreviated as: SC – school closure; CCR – 50% community contact reduction; WR – 50% workforce reduction; 4, 8 – intervention duration in weeks; cont – continuous duration; T – antiviral treatment of diagnosed symptomatic cases; H – antiviral prophylaxis of household members of diagnosed symptomatic cases, E – antiviral prophylaxis of school class or workplace contacts of diagnosed symptomatic cases. Pure social distancing interventions are marked by *.