overview
The Economic Research Service (ERS) estimates of the costs
of illness and premature death for a number of foodborne illnesses
have been used in regulatory cost-benefit and impact analyses.
Like all cost estimates, the ERS estimates include assumptions
about disease incidence, outcome severity, and the level of
medical, productivity, and disutility costs. Changes to any
of these assumptions could change the cost estimates and,
as a result, change the way policymakers rank risks, prioritize
spending, and formulate food safety policies.
The Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator provides information on
the assumptions behind foodborne illness cost estimates—and
gives you a chance to make your own assumptions and calculate
your own cost estimates. More
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what you can do
Examine the impact of different assumptions on cost estimates
and risk rankings. Change assumptions to reflect any specific
information about disease incidence, medical costs, productivity
losses, or disutility. By changing the case-number assumption,
you can calculate the costs of foodborne illness for a particular
State or region, or for a particular foodborne illness outbreak.
You could even use the Calculator to predict your own potential
costs of foodborne illness.
enter the calculator
To get started, choose a pathogen below. Note Salmonella
is the first to come online in the Calculator. Check
back as we build the system to include more pathogens and
estimates!
feedback Send us your comments
and tell us what you think of the Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator.
disclaimer This web-based "calculator" can be used to
generate estimates of the costs of foodborne illness. While
the ERS foodborne illness model serves as the basis for
generating new cost estimates, users should understand that
any new estimates they generate with the Cost Calculator
are not official government estimates.
privacy notice ERS provides this interactive tool to allow users to
examine in detail the costs of foodborne illness, to understand
how the costs and benefits are estimated, to see how assumptions
affect costs, to probe the validity of the analytic results,
and to change the assumptions and produce new cost estimates.
ERS does not review, collect, save, or otherwise utilize
the data you input to the calculator. Your submissions are
not saved when you end the session and exit the Foodborne
Illness Cost Calculator. For further information, please
review the agency's privacy
policy.
Campylobacter (foodborne sources)
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