Product information and disease description Place of product in therapy Disease description Burden of Type I allergic reactions including anaphylaxis

Economic impact of Type I allergic reactions including anaphylaxis on families

5 evidence topics · 8 sources

Out-of-pocket and opportunity costs borne by families of children with food allergy

“Additionally, annual out-of-pocket costs related to food allergy were $5.5 billion and annual opportunity costs such as a caregiver leaving/changing jobs to care for their food allergic child was estimated to be $14.2 billion.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“estimated annual lost labour productivity due to food allergy at $773 million, or $130 per child, associated with accompanying child to medical visits; $5.5 billion, or $931 per child, in annual out‐of‐pocket costs, including special diets/allergen‐free foods, changes in childcare, and changes in schools; and annual opportunity costs due to forgone labour market activities, at $14 billion, or $2399 per child.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Caregiver-reported direct medical costs and willingness to pay for treatment

“A survey of US caregivers of children with food allergy estimated direct medical costs of $4.3 billion annually (or $724 per child).” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)
“The caregivers also reported a willingness to pay $3504 per year per child for a safe and effective treatment that would allow the child to eat all foods; that total cost was estimated at $20.8 billion annually, a number similar to the total estimated indirect costs spent on children with food allergy ($20.5 billion). The total annual economic burden of food allergy was estimated to be $24.8 billion, which combined direct ($4.3 billion) and indirect costs.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Caregiver work absence, productivity loss, and career impact

“The overall mean number of days absent in the last 12 months and productivity impacted among caregivers currently in paid employment due to their child’s allergy were M = 1.6 (SD: 2.2) and M = 1.9 (SD: 3.6), respectively.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)
“Absenteeism and productivity impacts increased with severity of child’s allergy, but not significantly (p > 0.05); however, career impact was significantly associated with increased severity (χ2 = 9.19, p = 0.01), with 43% of caregivers of children with severe peanut allergy reporting some career impact (e.g., having to change job or stop work or having restricted career choices).” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Socioeconomic disparities in family-level food allergy costs

“A follow-up study identified significant socioeconomic disparities in the economic burden of childhood food allergy, with children in the lowest income stratum spending more than twice as much as those in other income groups on food allergy-related emergency department and hospitalization costs.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Children from the lowest household income stratum incurred 2.5 times the cost that children from the highest stratum spent on emergency department and hospitalization costs” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Caregiver job-related opportunity costs used in United States economic models

“Job-related opportunity costs of caregivers were estimated at $2597 per year.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)