The Economic Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
June 2004
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
For the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lewin and Scientific Research Associates, Inc. developed estimates of lost labor market and lost household productivity at the societal and individual levels including sensitivity analysis around the key factors affecting the estimates for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Study objective included identification of data and/or evidence gaps that hinder thorough and sophisticated economic impact analysis of CFS and to provide recommendations for future analysis of CFS.