Productivity Losses Attributable to Untreated Chlamydial Infection and Associated Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Reproductive-Aged Women.

The article examines the productivity losses attributable to untreated chlamydial infection and associated pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in reproductive-aged women. In 2001 the mean weighted productivity losses per untreated chlamydia infection were $130 and $649 for acute PID. The productivity losses attributable to untreated chlamydia and to sequelae of this infection form a substantial portion of the total economic burden of the disease.