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Table 2 Cost per case averted for various school closure policies and R0's

From: Would school closure for the 2009 H1N1 influenza epidemic have been worth the cost?: a computational simulation of Pennsylvania

Closure Length (5 Case Symptomatic Incidence Trigger)

R0

1 Week

2 Weeks

4 Weeks

8 Weeks

1.2

$33,926

($12,974 - $73,358)

$46,934

($17,557 - $101,758)

$45,306

($17,045 - $96,623)

$14,185

($5,423 - $30,565)

1.6

$68,077

($25,734 - $148,201)

$73,734

($28,233 - $159,194)

$45,823

($17,027 - $98,276)

$25,253

($9,501 - $53,461)

2.0

$95,602

($36,575 - $210,779)

$65,994

($24,951 - $143,562)

$24,963

($9,649 - $54,463)

$23,483

($8,870 - $50,926)

Symptomatic Incidence Trigger (8 Weeks School Closure Length)

R0

1 Cases

3 Cases

10 Cases

20 Cases

30 Cases

1.2

$11,260

($4,250 - $24,477)

$14,546

($5,668 - $31,603)

$12,055

($4,578 - $25,874)

$11,127

($4,271 - $23,999)

$11,690

($4,466 - $25,254)

1.6

$47,303

($17,586-$100,794)

$30,858

($11,658 - $66,629)

$19,477

($7,474 - $41,922)

$17,269

($6,429 - $36,726)

$18,113

($6,990- $38,322)

2.0

$23,867

($8,851 - $52,132)

$22,714

($8,678 - $49,149)

$26,069

($9,756 - $55,316)

$29,955

($11,319 - $65,801)

$34,530

($12,964 - $73,368)