The economic burden of viral severe acute respiratory infections in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A nationwide cost-of-illness study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The authors conducted a study to estimate the rising disease and economic burden of viral severe acute respiratory infections and their management, including COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza types A and B, in early and delayed diagnosis scenarios in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from a national perspective.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in May 2022 using a de novo Excel-based universal cost-of-illness calculator model. The study used primary data, such as expert interviews, as well as secondary data from a thorough literature search.

Results

The total economic burden of viral severe acute respiratory infections in patients with an early diagnosis was lower than those with a delayed diagnosis among patients with complicat

SUBMITTER: Assiri AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10762365 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature