PHS22 Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Older Adults in the New EU Countries of the Central Europe

Abstract

estimate costs for in-and outpatients. RESULTS: Among the 264_PAND and 132_POST inpatients, 30% were Ͻ18 years old, and 45% were women. The mean length of stay at general ward was of 6.5(6.1)-7.0(6.6) days (PAND and POST, respectively); and between 8.2(5.0) and 11.5(15.2) days for ICU patients (7%_PAND and 20%_POST). Among employed (45.3% PAND and 37.7% POST) most went on sick leave (99% and 93%) for about 31(37) and 38( 27) days. Among outpatients (215_PAND and 175_POST), about 25-35% were under 17 years old, and 50-57% were women. The 94%(PAND) and 82%(POST) of employed (64,9% and 68,0%, respectively) went on sick leave. Absenteeism length of was 11(12)-7(45) days. The mean cost per inpatient was 6,028 € (SDϭ6,251) in PAND and 6,939€(SDϭ10,895) in POST. For outpatients the mean cost was 749€ (SDϭ886) in PAND and 421€ (SDϭ686) in POST. CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to what expected, resource utilization was quite similar for both influenza waves. However, differences on mean cost were found due to the slightly increase in inpatients health care utilization, and the decrease of absenteeism among outpatients during the post-pandemic wave. These results would be useful to assess the influenza real burden in Spain; both at individual and population level.