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VACCINE
卷 30, 期 10, 页码 1895-1900出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.027
关键词
Influenza; Socioeconomic burden; Pediatric
资金
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [HKU 7396/03M]
- University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government [AoE/M-12/-06]
We described the monetary and non-monetary cost incurred by children hospitalized for virologically confirmed influenza virus infection in a population-based prospective 3-year study. The mean direct and indirect cost of each child hospitalized was $1217.82 (95% Cl, 1111.54-1324.23) and $1328.33 (95% Cl, $1136.79-1520.00) for influenza A and B, respectively. School age patients took a mean (SD) of 4.70 (3.05) days and 5.31 (3.62) days of sick leave for influenza A and B infection, respectively. Pediatric influenza A and B hospitalization was associated with 662-1046 days of school absenteeism and 214-336 days of parental work loss per 10,000 population <18 years of age per year. We showed that the cost incurred by hospitalization alone, was comparable to the cost of annual universal pediatric influenza vaccination especially in children 6 months to under 6 years of age and vaccination would result in much larger cost-savings when non-monetary costs are included. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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