Table 1.

Direct and indirect cost of ARI

Family	Employers/Community	Healthcare Service
Medication usage	Time spent seeking healthcare	Medication usage
- includes over-the-counter and prescribed medications	- Time off work with pay	- includes over-the-counter and prescribed medications
	- Time off work with pay lost
	- Time off usual activity
Healthcare seeking travel costs	Extra time spent caring for child	Healthcare service utilisation
- includes ambulance and community transport services	- Time off work with pay	- diagnostic tests and complementary/alternative therapies
	- Time off work with pay lost	- distinguishes between public and private, paid and bulk billed services
	- Time off usual activity
Time spent seeking healthcare	Healthcare seeking travel costs	Healthcare seeking travel costs
- Time off work with pay	- includes ambulance and community transport services	- includes ambulance and community transport services
- Time off work with pay lost
- Time off usual activity
Extra time spent caring for child
- Time off work with pay
- Time off work with pay lost
- Time off usual activity
Missed childcare/school
Missed planned activities
- child and others