Table 4.
Non-health-sector costs of UNFR CO poisoning (in 2013$).
| Year | 2010 (hourly wagea $24.07) |
2011 (hourly wage $23.83) |
2012 (hourly wage $23.80) |
2013 (hourly wage $23.98) |
2014 (hourly wage $24.09) |
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| Average hours lost | Wage loss | Average hours lost | Wage loss | Average hours lost | Wage loss | Average hours lost | Wage loss | Average hours lost | Wage loss | |
| Hospital | 74.9 | $2,221,103 | 78.3 | $2,589,854 | 80.8 | $2,509,567 | 67.2 | $1,965,976 | 84.9 | $2,546,617 |
| ED onlyb | 4 | $372,248 | 4 | $303,512 | 4 | $291,683 | 4 | $373,652 | 4 | $408,345 |
| ED + OHb | 4.8 | $1,046,063 | 4.8 | $977,297 | 4.8 | $940,538 | 4.8 | $876,632 | 4.8 | $954,299 |
| ED + othersb | 4.8 | $92,082 | 4.8 | $50,901 | 4.8 | $48,095 | 4.8 | $60,314 | 4.8 | $48,143 |
| OH onlyc | 1.4 | $281,184 | 1.4 | $204,108 | 1.4 | $192,682 | 1.4 | $172,530 | 1.4 | $163,196 |
| Doctor’s office onlyc | 1.4 | $141,696 | 1.4 | $157,720 | 1.4 | $139,108 | 1.4 | $129,743 | 1.4 | $130,744 |
| OH + doctor’s officec | 2 | $23,134 | 2 | $17,893 | 2 | $19,380 | 2 | $6408 | 2 | $14,710 |
| Others (non-ED)c | 2 | $135,650 | 2 | $136,514 | 2 | $105,440 | 2 | $112,884 | 2 | $156,910 |
| Sum | $4,313,161 | $4,437,799 | $4,246,493 | $3,698,141 | $4,422,964 | |||||
Average wage from: http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab3.htm.
Average ED time obtained by calculating the weighted average of ED time (including waiting time and time spent in ED) from National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/nhamcs_emergency/2011_ed_web_tables.pdf) in addition to travel time of approximately 20 min one way. Others include either hospital outpatient clinic, doctor’s office visit or other similar places such as inpatient hospital, urgent care. See footnote c for others’ average duration.
OH, hospital outpatient clinic; average time obtained by estimating the sum of average time spent with physician from National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, average waiting time (http://www.vitals.com/about/press/wait-times-doctors-decrease-even-americans-enter-health-care-system), and average travel time (http://www.ofm.wa.gov/researchbriefs/2013/brief070.pdf).