Table 5.

Cysticercosis US annual costs 1992

	Casesa (No.)	Daysb (No.)	Cost per day (US$)	Cost per casec (US$)	Costs (US$)
Hospitalized	1100	8	817	6539	7193368
Wages lostd	1100	19	73	1416	1557122
					8750490

^aPreliminary data from Steahr’s analysis of NHDS data¹².

^bIt is arbitrarily assumed that there would be two days recuperation for each day of hospitalization.

^cExcluding cost of computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Number of hospital days of income lost = [no. of hospital days + (2 × no. of hospital days) × 5/7].

^dUsing the average private sector weekly wage (US$364.30) for 1991, Statistical Abstract of the US 1992 (Ref. 18).