Table 8.

Average Costs for a Case of Enteric Fever for Children and Adults in Bangladesh and Other Countries (2018 US $)

	SEAP			Other Studies
	Bangladesh	Nepal [10]	Pakistan [11]	Tanzania [6]a	Vietnam [7]b	China [7]b	Indonesia [7]	Pakistan [7]c	India [7]
Children (<18 years)
Direct (medical and non-medical) ($)	$123.47	$119.11	$362.95		$59.34	$99.20	$43.69	$64.98	$8.17
Indirect (days of work/sick leave/school lost)	13.87	20.14	22.17
Indirect cost of caregivers ($)	$3.14	$11.53	$24.84	$172.65	$8.99	$17.40	$33.49	$13.00	$4.90
Characteristics of studies
Year of data collection	2016–2018			2010	2002	2001	2002	2001	2003
Perspective	Patient and caregiver			Societal	Patient and provider
Type of enteric fever	Typhoid and paratyphoid			Typhoid	Typhoid
Period of costs included	Six weeks after enrollment in study			90 days after enrollment in study	90 days after onset of illness
Costs included	Cost incurred by patient and caregiver			Cost incurred by patient and caregiver	Private cost incurred by patient and caregiver and public cost incurred by public hospitals free of charge for the patient

Results from other countries were adjusted by inflating local currencies using local inflation rates and then exchanging to US dollars. The studies in this table have methodological differences that prevent them to be directly comparable. Source: references [6, 7, 10, 11].

^aIn this study children are ≤15 years.

^bIn this study children are 5–17 years.

^cIn this study children are 2–15 years.