Volume 9, Number 4—April 2003
Research
Costs of Illness in the 1993 Waterborne Cryptosporidium Outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Table 4
Average cost for emergency department visits and hospitalizations, by underlying conditiona
Emergency department visit ($) | Hospitalization ($) | Average length of stay (d) | |
---|---|---|---|
No underlying condition |
213 |
3,131 |
5 |
Underlying condition, other than AIDS |
265 |
5,520 |
7 |
AIDS |
NA |
17,388 |
16 |
All conditions | 224 | 6,312 | 8 |
aCosts in 1993 United States dollars.
1In 1998, the City of Milwaukee completed an $89 million renovation of two municipal water treatment plants, which together serve approximately 800,000 people, as part of an effort to control future outbreaks of Cryptosporidium (22).
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