The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019

Autor: Joses Muthuri Kirigia, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri, Newton Gitonga Muthuri
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Gross domestic product
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
medicine.disease_cause
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Cost of Illness
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Human capital
030212 general & internal medicine
Social determinants of health
Child
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Ebola virus
business.industry
Mortality
Premature
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Infant
Ebola virus disease (EVD) deaths
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
lcsh:RA1-1270
Hemorrhagic Fever
Ebola
Middle Aged
Monetary value of life
Years of potential life lost
Child
Preschool
Life expectancy
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Female
Biostatistics
business
Years of life lost
Demography
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
BMC Public Health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Popis: Background Between 8 May 2018 and 27 May 2019, cumulatively there were 1286 deaths from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary value of human lives lost through EVD in DRC. Methods Human capital approach was applied to monetarily value years of life lost due to premature deaths from EVD. The future losses were discounted to their present values at 3% discount rate. The model was reanalysed using 5 and 10% discount rates. The analysis was done alternately using the average life expectancies for DRC, the world, and the Japanese females to assess the effect on the monetary value of years of life lost (MVYLL). Results The 1286 deaths resulted in a total MVYLL of Int$17,761,539 assuming 3% discount rate and DRC life expectancy of 60.5 years. The average monetary value per EVD death was of Int$13,801. About 44.7 and 48.6% of the total MVYLL was borne by children aged below 9 years and adults aged between 15 years and 59 years, respectively. Re-estimation of the algorithm with average life expectancies of the world (both sexes) and Japanese females, holding discount rate constant at 3%, increased the MVYLL by Int$ 3,667,085 (20.6%) and Int$ 7,508,498 (42.3%), respectively. The application of discount rates of 5 and 10%, holding life expectancy constant at 60.5 years, reduced the MVYLL by Int$ 4,252,785 (− 23.9%) and Int$ 9,658,195 (− 54.4%) respectively. Conclusion The EVD outbreak in DRC led to a considerable MVYLL. There is an urgent need for DRC government and development partners to disburse adequate resources to strengthen the national health system and other systems that address social determinants of health to end recurrence of EVD outbreaks. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7542-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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