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Table 5 Valuation estimatesa and ratio of total value to cost of illness, by endpoint and component

From: Economic evaluation of the benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with air pollution

Endpoint

Cost of Treatment (CoT)

Lost Productivity (LP)

Pain, Suffering and Averting Expenditures

Total

Total Value/(CoT + LP)

   

In Hospital

Out of

Hospital

Point

Estimate

95% CI

 

Respiratory Hospital Admission

$2,800

$300

$670

$410

$4,200

($3,400, $5,000)

1.3

Cardiac Hospital Admission

$3,800

$270

$760

$340

$5,200

($4,000, $6,400)

1.3

Respiratory Emergency Department Visit

$930

$160

$430

$520

$2,000

($1,700, $2,500)

1.9

Cardiac Emergency Department Visit

$3,200

$210

$680

$330

$4,400

($3,300, $5,600)

1.3

Restricted Activity Day

 

$25

 

$23

$48

($13, $82)

1.9

Asthma Symptom Day

 

$12

 

$16

$28

($11, $71)

2.3

Acute Respiratory Symptom Day

 

$12

 

$1

$13

($0, $28)

1.1

  1. aestimates rounded to two significant figures