Table 2.
The estimated average productivity costs related to fatal dengue episodes
| Authors | Country | Method | Wage source | Discount rate | Average productivity cost related to a fatal dengue episode (US$ 2017 prices) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okanurak et al. [15] | Thailand | NA | GNP per capita | NA |
Children: 166,861 Adult: 167,209 |
| Suaya et al. [16] | Cambodia | NA | GDP per capita | 3% | 15,568 |
| Thailand | NA | GDP per capita | 99,339 | ||
| Malaysia | NA | GDP per capita | 132,074 | ||
| Shim et al. [39] | Philippines | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 85,218 Adults: 55,392 |
| Carrasco et al. [37] | Singapore | HCA and FCA | HCA used GDP per capita, FCA used gross earning for friction period | 3% |
HCA: 396,836.8-417,187.4 FCA: 5698.2-7122.7 |
| Shepard et al. [25] | Malaysia | HCA | Minimum wage | 3% | 52,168.9 |
| Beaute et al. [40] | Cambodia | HCA | Average annual income from World Bank | 3% | 16,242.1 |
| Luh et al.α [41] | Taiwan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Epidemic year: 224,884.4 Non-epidemic year: 215,634.7 |
| Shepard et al. [4] | Afghanistan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 18,077 Adult: 12,368 |
| Bangladesh | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 34,772 Adult: 22,354 |
|
| Bhutan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 77,077 Adult: 49,873 |
|
| Brunei | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 851,115 Adult: 554,098 |
|
| Cambodia | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 32,483 Adult: 21,282 |
|
| China | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 187,606 Adult: 122,518 |
|
| India | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 44,120 Adult: 28,729 |
|
| Indonesia | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 91,835 Adult: 59,693 |
|
| Lao | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 49,823 Adult: 32,178 |
|
| Malaysia | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 238,657 Adult: 155,441 |
|
| Maldives | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 208,713 Adult: 135,881 |
|
| Myanmar | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 28,443 Adult: 18,962 |
|
| Nepal | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 23,007 Adult: 14,955 |
|
| Pakistan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 43,947 Adult: 28,506 |
|
| Philippines | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 72,754 Adult: 47,290 |
|
| Singapore | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 1,453,237 Adult: 948,121 |
|
| Sri Lanka | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 93,487 Adult: 61,013 |
|
| Taiwan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 1,199,795 Adult: 783,068 |
|
| Tajikistan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 19,002 Adult: 12,035 |
|
| Thailand | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 159,870 Adult: 104,347 |
|
| East Timor | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 121,101 Adult: 79,282 |
|
| Uzbekistan | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 21,256 Adult: 13,777 |
|
| Vietnam | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 55,848 Adult: 36,555 |
|
| Yemen | HCA | GDP per capita | 3% |
Children: 69,819 Adult: 46,546 |
|
| Hariharan et al. [38] | India | NA | NA | NA | 33,185.4 |
| Bangert et al. [36] | Maldives | NA | NA | NA |
Children: 198,181.3 Adult: 129,024.3 |
Where possible, the costs were adjusted to US$ 2017 prices. In some cases, the adjusted costs were smaller than the original values reported due to changes in the country’s US$ exchange rate
α: Values were not adjusted for inflation (see Additional file 2)
Human capital and friction cost approaches are defined in Fig. 1
GNP Gross national product, GDP gross domestic product, HCA human capital approach, FCA friction cost approach, NA not available