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. 2013 Dec 11;13:1167. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1167

Table 7.

Cost consequences adverse health effects

  Effect size Numbering in Figures 4,5 and 6 Source
Productivity losses
 
 
 
Current
Diarrhea, measles and respiratory disease
2 days off work for 1 parent per episode of illness (only if both work)
7. 1
Assumption
Parent off work
Loss of daily gross wage of USD 1.1 -23.2 depending on SES
7.2
[53]
Future
Impairment cognitive development
1 SD reduction of the cognitive score leads to a reduction of adult wage by 8%
7.3
[8,44]
Stunting
1% decrease in height leads to a reduction of adult wage by 9.23% (average height in the Philippines is 158 cm)
7.4
[19,48,49,54]
Treatment costs per episode*
 
 
 
Current Diarrhea
9.6 USD
7.5
Calculation on DHS [18] and PNHS [32]
Only complicated cases are treated (41% of cases in DHS)
Measles
92.7 USD
7.6
Calculation on DHS [18], WHO [55] and PNHS [32]
By assumption only complicated cases are treated and treatment costs are equal to those of respiratory diseases (75% of cases) [56].
Respiratory disease 92.7 USD
7.7 Calculation on DHS [18] and PNHS [32]
Only complicated cases are treated (60% of cases in DHS)

* Costs covered by health insurance companies and government agencies amount to 49% in addition to out-of-pocket expenditures by households registered in DHS.