Table 4.

Sensitivity Analysis of Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Enteric Fever: Indirect and Total Costs When Using Alternative Wage Rates and Including Unpaid Labor—Nepal, September 2016–December 2018

	Patients Who Did Not Report Any Inpatient Care Expensesa				Patients Who Reported Inpatient Care Expensesa				All Patients
Cost Type	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl
Indirect costs—imputing median wage in the sample for unpaid patient and caregivers’ time
Total productivity loss	289	5.02	1.28	32.64	100	80.54	46.53	127.47	389	16.93	1.83	68.33
Cost of illness—imputing median wage in the sample for unpaid patient and caregivers’ time
Total cost of illness per case	292	43.89	21.64	84.43	100	255.71	185.62	387.21	392	66.00	26.25	187.30
Indirect costs—imputing country minimum wage for unpaid patient and caregivers’ time
Total productivity loss	289	6.19	1.59	34.38	100	95.13	57.94	154.69	389	19.31	2.36	82.25
Cost of illness—imputing country minimum wage for unpaid patient and caregivers’ time
Total cost of illness per case	292	44.69	22.67	85.52	100	270.94	203.33	406.65	392	67.32	26.66	196.13

Data are presented in 2018 US dollars. N = 395.

Abbreviations: 25th Pctl, 25th percentile; 75th Pctl, 75th percentile.

^aInpatient care expenses: expenses for inpatient care regardless of patient recruitment location (outpatient care, inpatient care, hospital laboratory, surgery).