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. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e83654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083654

Table 5. The components of public and private costs of rabies control measures for different stakeholders.

Stakeholders Components
1. Mass vaccination
2. Culling of roaming dogs
1. Agricultural Department 3. Dog-bite investigation
4. Diagnostic testing of suspected rabid dogs
Public costs 5. Trace back investigation of human contacts
6. Quarantine
2. Public Health Department 1. Human rabies vaccines
2. Immunoglobulin
3. Syringe and needles
3. Dog owners 1. The lost value of dogs due culling control measure
2. Opportunity cost for the owner of vaccinated dogs
Private costs 3. Opportunity cost for the dog owners for their time investment to cull dogs
4. Dog-bite patients 1. Opportunity cost for:
• Patients
• Caretakers
2. Transportation of patients and caretakers