Table 7.
Effect size | Numbering in Figures 4,5 and 6 | Source | ||
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Productivity losses |
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|
|
|
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.