A similar valuation process is adopted for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and the results are shown in tables 6.10 and 6.11 below. However, as with listeriosis, all cases are hospital cases (or deaths). A small proportion of cases will require ongoing treatment, including dialysis and kidney transplantation. These costs are not captured here.

Table 6.10 Costs of illness due to haemolytic uraemic syndrome borne by households and businesses

	Unit	All persons	Notes/sources
Worktime/household costs
Work/other days lost	No.	290	Source: Appendix Table A5
Value of all days lost	$m	0.04	@ $125 per day
Value of 67% days lost	$m	0.03	Loss borne by businesses
Value of 33% days lost	$m	0.01	Loss borne by households
Household WTP values
Hospital cases (persons)	No.	17	Source: Appendix Table A5
WTP to avoid hospital case	$m	0.03	@ $1,509 per case
Total	$m	0.03
Lifestyle (residual) costs
Lifestyle (residual) costs	$m	0.0	WTP – other household costs
Total cases minus deaths	No.	17	Source: Appendix Table A5
Average residual value/case	$	0.0

Table 6.11 Total costs of haemolytic uraemic syndrome borne by households and businesses

	Incidence	Unit value ($)	Total value ($ million)
Work/other days lost	290 days	125	0.04
Lifestyle residual lost	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Mortality	3 deaths	PV of $108,000 p.a.	6.70
Total			6.74

PV: present value.

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