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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Research

Assessment of Economic Burden of Concurrent Measles and Rubella Outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012

Joseph Njau1, Denisa Janta, Aurora Stanescu, Sarah S. Pallas, Adriana Pistol, Nino Khetsuriani2, Susan Reef, Daniel Ciurea, Cassandra Butu, Aaron S. Wallace, and Laura ZimmermanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Njau, S.L. Pallas, S. Reef, A.S. Wallace, L. Zimmerman); National Public Health Institute, Bucharest, Romania (D. Janta, A. Stanescu, A. Pistol); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tbilisi, Georgia (N. Khetsuriani); Center for Health Policies and Services, Bucharest (D. Ciurea); World Health Organization Country Office, Bucharest (C. Butu)

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Table 2

Descriptive characteristics of case-patients responding to household survey for assessment of economic burden of concurrent measles and rubella outbreaks, Romania, 2011–2012

Characteristic No. (%) case-patients
Measles Rubella Total
Total sample 219 209 428
Age <18 y 74 (34) 63 (30) 137 (32)
Male sex 109 (50) 107 (51) 216 (50)
Urban domicile 98 (55) 115 (45) 213 (50)
Multiple care visits 8 (4) 21 (10) 29 (7)
Admission to hospital 185 (84) 38 18) 223 (52)
Care at private clinics 3 (1) 4 (2) 7 (2)
Age >18 y 145 146 291
Formal or informal employment 72 (50) 63 (43) 135 (46)
Students 13 (9) 66 (45) 79 (27)
Retired, unemployed or housewives 60 (41) 17 (12) 77 (26)
Age <18 y 74 63 137
Infants and preschoolers 63 (85) 28 (44) 91 (66)
School children 11 (15) 35 (56) 46 (34)
Treatment expenses 219 209 428
Incurred some treatment expenses 206 (94) 194 (93) 400 (93)
Borrowed money for treatment expenses 79 (36) 14 (7) 93 (22)

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1Current affiliation: JoDon Consulting Group LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

2Current affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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