The social and economic impact of salmonellosis: A report of a national survey in England and Wales of laboratory-confirmed salmonella infections

SUMMARY This study presents the findings of a national survey of 1482 cases of salmonellosis reported to Environmental Health Departments in England and Wales between August 1988 and March 1989. A questionnaire survey of ill individuals and the environmental health officers who investigated them sought information about costs which were imposed upon public health authorities, the health sector, individuals and their families and the costs to the wider economy in terms of lost production. Costs of £996339 were identified. Over half (£507555) resulted from lost production due to sickness absence and more than a third (£392822) were costs to the public sector which resulted from health care and local authority investigation of cases. The remaining costs (£95962), although the smallest proportion of the total, indicated that salmonellosis can have a significant impact on affected individuals and their families.

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