Pid18: The Cost of Influenza in the Emergency Room and Hospital

Cox, FM; Okamoto, LJ; Cobb, MM; Chua, WQ

doi:10.1016/s1098-3015(11)70979-2

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“…The cost for the hospitalization episode for respiratory syncytial virus was 839.3 USD, rhinovirus was 580 USD, and coinfection with other viruses was 702 USD. 26 While hospitalization cost of influenza infection per person was 3251.04 USD in the study by Cox et al 27 as similar to our study, the main expenditure was medical staff cost (46.4%) which was quite higher than the proportion we've demonstrated in our study (1.7%). On the other hand, Putri et al 8 Thailand.…”

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Clinical outcomes and economic burden of seasonal influenza and other respiratory virus infections in hospitalized adults

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Journal of Medical Virology

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The cost of influenza and other respiratory virus infections should be determined to analyze the real burden of these diseases. We aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes and cost of illness due to respiratory virus infections in hospitalized adult patients. Hospitalized patients who had nasal swab sampling for a suspected viral infection between August 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 were included. Outcome variables were oxygen requirement, mechanical ventilation need, intensive care unit admission, and cost. At least one viral pathogen was detected in 125 (47.7%) of 262 patients who were included in the study. Fifty‐five (20.9%) of the patients were infected with influenza. Influenza‐positive patients had higher rates for respiratory support, intensive care unit admission, and mortality compared to all other patients. The average cost of hospitalization per person was 2879.76 USD in the influenza‐negative group, while the same cost was 3274.03 USD in the influenza‐positive group. Although all of the vaccinated influenza‐positive patients needed oxygen support, neither of them required invasive mechanical ventilation or intensive care unit admission. The average hospitalization cost per person was 779.70 USD in the vaccinated group compared to 3762.01 USD in the unvaccinated group. Disease‐related direct cost of influenza in the community was estimated as 22 776 075.61 USD in the 18−65 years of age group and 15 756 120.02 USD in the 65 years of age and over group per year. Influenza, compared to other respiratory virus infections, can lead to untoward clinical outcomes and mortality as well as higher direct medical costs in adults.

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confidence: 88%