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Table 3 Cost parameters in USD used to estimate the economic burden of T. solium in Angónia district, Mozambique

From: Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique

Parameter

Mean (95% UIa)

Distribution

Reference

Average monthly salary

104 (30–178)

Gamma

(5.3, 0.06)

[43]

Cost of a visit to a physician (public hospital)

3.1 (2.1–4.1)

Gamma

(33.4, 11.1)

[44]

Cost of a traditional healer

63 (25–101)

Gamma

(8.5, 0.15)

[23]

Cost of one day at the hospital

2.3

Fixed

[44]

Antiepileptic drugs

(2 weeks treatment)

5

Fixed

[23]

Value of an adult pig

55 (30–79)

Gamma

(16.5, 0.32)

(Gule, personal communication)

Value reduction of infected pork (%)

50

Fixed

(Gule, personal communication)

  1. a UI Uncertainty interval