Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Complications and Healthcare Costs Among a Medicare-Insured Population in the United States

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background

Literature describing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)–related complications in older adults in the United States is scarce. This study described risk factors of RSV-related complications and healthcare costs of Medicare-insured patients aged ≥60 years with medically attended RSV.

Methods

100% Medicare Research Identifiable Files (1 January 2007–31 December 2019) were used to identify adults aged ≥60 years with RSV (index: first diagnosis date). Predictors of ≥1 RSV-related complication (ie, pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, hypoxia/dyspnea, non-RSV lower/upper respiratory tract infections, or chronic respiratory disease) during the up to 6-month post–RSV diagnosis period were identified. Patients with all aforementioned

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature