Costs of Conjunctivitis Outbreak, Réunion Island, France

Abstract

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 €3,341,191 from the outbreak.

Keywords

• outbreak
• conjunctivitis
• cost
• Oscour network
• South-West Indian Ocean
• Réunion Island