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. 2022 Mar 23;9(4):ofac097.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac097. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Economic Burden of Fungal Diseases in the United States

Kaitlin Benedict  1 , Hilary K Whitham  1 , Brendan R Jackson  1
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Economic Burden of Fungal Diseases in the United States

Kaitlin Benedict et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We conservatively estimated the US economic burden of fungal diseases as $11.5 billion in 2019: direct medical costs ($7.5 billion), productivity loss due to absenteeism ($870 million), and premature deaths ($3.2 billion). An alternative "value of statistical life" approach yielded >$48 billion. These are likely underestimates given underdiagnosis and underreporting.

Keywords: United States; costs and cost analysis; deaths; hospitalization.

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