Quantifying the effect of public health actions on population health is essential when justifying sustained public health investment. Using modeling, we conservatively estimated that rapid response to a multistate foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the United States in 2018 potentially averted 94 reported cases and $633,181 in medical costs and productivity losses.
Keywords: Salmonella; Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium; United States; bacteria; enteric infections; food safety; foodborne illness; health impact assessment; public health economics; quantitative evaluation.