Estimating the societal economic burden of food allergy in the United States
Using a population cost exercise that incorporated a range of epidemiologically plausible explanations, we estimated the annual total societal cost of FA in the US may approach $370.8 billion, mostly from indirect costs borne by patients/caregivers during daily living. This assessment may assist population-level healthcare decision-makers in investing in measures that reduce economic burden, valuing interventions, and considering approaches to reduce economic/health disparities for underserved populations.
Authors
- Sachin Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-5619)
- Melanie D. Whittington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-4228)
- Lucy Bilaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-9098)
- Vincent Garmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3073-0373)
- Stacey Kowal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6018-6052)
- Christopher Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8924-3329)
- Rongzhe Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-6089)
- Arpamas Seetasith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0648-7764)
- Stella Ko
- Ruchi S. Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7933-7502)
- David Kratochvil
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Alameda Health System (US)
- Open Geospatial Consortium (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Economics
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13696998.2025.2563462
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.62