The Annual Cost of Foodborne Illness in Australia
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
2. Valuation Methodology- 3. Incidence of Foodborne Illness, Health Care and Lost Productivity
- 4. Health Care Service Costs
- 5. Cost of Surveillance and Control of Foodborne Illness8
- 6. Health Costs Borne by Businesses and Households
- 7. Industry Costs
- 8. Total Annual Cost of Foodborne Illness
- Appendix A: Epidemiological Data
- Appendix B: Sources of Data for Costing Health Care Services
- Appendix C: Cost of Foodborne Illness: Results From the Australia New Zealand Food Authority and Applied Economics
- Abbreviations
- References
Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing by Applied Economics Pty Ltd
March 2006
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Authors
Dr Peter Abelson, Managing Director, Applied Economics Pty Ltd
Ms Mary Potter Forbes, Research Manager, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, The University of New South Wales
Dr Gillian Hall, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Front Cover Photographs
Dr John Marshall from the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory supplied the electron micrograph of norovirus particles in faeces.
Other photographcs by Ann Parkinson.
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