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. 2018 Apr 23;19(9):1335–1350. doi: 10.1007/s10198-018-0978-y

Table 6.

Costs associated with home confinement per case, in euro

1 Person 2 Persons 3 Persons 4 Persons 5 Persons 6 Persons
Children
   Loss of human capital (7 days off school. 5% return) 216.72 216.72 433.44 650.16 866.88
   Absent from work (7 days of work) 259 518 518 518 518
   Reduced productivity (4.9 days at 50%) 45.36 90.72 90.72 90.72 90.72
   Personal wage (heathcare worker visit) 252 252 252 252 252
   Cost of meals (meal and delivery) 462 693 924 1155 1386
   Costs Home Energy 24.36 24.36 48.72 24.36 24.36
   Loss of productivity (public place) 252 378 504 630 756
   GP visit (32% chance) 6.68 6.68 6.68 6.68 6.68
   Otitis media (0.28% chance) 17.38 17.38 17.38 17.38 17.38
   Pneumonia (12% chance) 16.45 16.45 16.45 16.45 16.45
   Hospitalisation (0.07% chance) 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45
   Hospitalisation (sequelae pneumonia 0.7 per 100.000) 3.61 3.61 3.61 3.61 3.61
   Cost of death 22–128 22–128 22–128 22–128 22–128
Adults
216.72 (26.6%)
   Loss of human capital (7 days off school. 5% return) 0 (73.4%) 216.72 433.44 650.16 866.88
259 (26.6%)
   Absent from work (7 days of work) 259 518 (73.4%) 518 518 518 518
45.36 (26.6%)
   Reduced productivity (4.9 days at 50%) 45.36 90.72 (73.4%) 90.72 90.72 90.72 90.72
   Personal wage (heathcare worker visit) 252 252 252 252 252 252
   Cost of meals (meal and delivery) 462 462 693 924 1155 1386
   Costs Home Energy 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36
   Loss of productivity (public place) 252 252 378 504 630 756
   GP visit (45% chance) 9.45 9.45 9.45 9.45 9.45 9.45
   Hospitalisation (0.04% chance) 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
   Cost of death 63–361 63–361 63–361 63–361 63–361 63–361
Elderly
   Personal wage (heathcare worker visit) 252 252 252 252 252 252
   Cost of meals (meal and delivery) 231 462 693 924 1155 1386
   Costs home energy 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36 24.36
   Loss of productivity (public place) 126 252 378 504 630 756
   Outpatient visit 219 219 219 219 219 219
   Hospital 476 476 476 476 476 476
   Cost of death 2667–15389 2667–15389 2667–15389 2667–15389 2667–15389 2667–15389
Weight in France (in %)
   Children 0 15.2 36 32.4 12 4.4
   Adult 29.9 28.2 17.8 16 5.9 2.2
   Elderly 47.9 45.9 4.6 1.1 0.3 0.2

Data on costs and health-care use are taken from [33] for children, from [31] for adults and from [27] for the elderly. These studies weight medical costs by the probability of health-care usage. Data on mortality from influenza by age group comes from the National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol 65, No 4, June 2016. We have taken the average rate of mortality from 2005 to 2014 by age group. Data on wages are taken from INSEE, “Revenus salariaux médians des salariés de 25 à 55 ans selon le sexe en 2014” (http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?regid=0&refid=NATnon04146). Labor market participation data come from OECD skill data set. All US dollars are converted into euros with an exchange rate of 0.8. Loss of human capital is costed using a return to schooling of 5 percent, median wages by sex and average labor market participation by sex over a period of 42 years. Net present value numbers are displayed and calculated with a discount factor equal to 0.95. Cost of meals (meal and delivery) is given from http://www.dependance-infos.com/maintien-a-domicile/aidehumaine/portage-repas-domicile#portage-prix. Costs Home Energy and the loss of productivity (public place) are taken from INSEE (2014), “Individual energy expenditure” and “Individual consumption expenditure”, respectively