Table 2.

Parameter values: medical costs and earnings loss due to filarial lymphedema and ADLA

Parameter	Baseline estimate in January 2018*	Sources
Annual per-person out-of-pocket medical costs for chronic filarial lymphedema	US$10.09	32,33
Per-episode out-of-pocket medical costs for ADLA	US$1.23	31,34,35
Average duration of ADLA (lost work days)	4 days	34,63–70
Annual increase in real cost of medical care for chronic lymphedema and ADLA	3%	71–76
Annual discount rate	3%	47
Average daily wage rate	US$3.87	40,41,46
Annual increase in real wages	2.7%	41,71–84
Average number of days worked per year	260
Percentage of work days lost annually because of chronic lymphedema		32,33,49,50,69,85
Stages 1–2	0%
Stage 3	20%
Stage 4	50%
Stages 5–6	75%
Stage 7	100%

ADLA = acute dermatolymphangioadenitis.

^*Derivation of values is explained in the Supplement.