Costs of Conjunctivitis Outbreak, Réunion Island, France

During January-April 2015, a major outbreak of conjunctivitis on Réunion Island caused a large public health impact. On the basis of general practitioner consultations, emergency department visits, and eye medication sales during the 13-week epidemic, we estimated a total healthcare cost of EUR3,341,191 from the outbreak.

Author(s): Filleul L, Pages F, Wan GC, Brottet E, Vilain P

Publishing year: 2018

Pages: 168-70

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