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Economic Cost of Major Foodborne Illnesses Increased $2 Billion From 2013 to 2018

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  • Hoffmann, Sandra
  • Ahn, Jae-Wan

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Foodborne illnesses from different pathogens (bacteria, viruses, and parasites) cause a variety of health effects, ranging from a few days of diarrhea to more serious outcomes such as kidney failure, cognitive impairment, and even death. Since the mid-1990s, the USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) has estimated the economic cost of 15 major foodborne illnesses. Monetary measures of these health effects provide a common metric to compare impacts of various pathogens, a way to aggregate impacts across illnesses, and a means of comparing the costs of experiencing those illnesses with the costs of preventing them.

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  • Hoffmann, Sandra & Ahn, Jae-Wan, 2021. "Economic Cost of Major Foodborne Illnesses Increased $2 Billion From 2013 to 2018," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 2021(04), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:310387
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310387
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    1. Emily Sanchez & Ryan B. Simpson & Yutong Zhang & Lauren E. Sallade & Elena N. Naumova, 2022. "Exploring Risk Factors of Recall-Associated Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, 2009–2019," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-20, April.

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