Cost of illness due to respiratory syncytial virus acute lower respiratory tract infection among infants hospitalized in Argentina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information is scarce regarding the economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in low-resource settings. This study aimed to estimate the cost per episode of hospital admissions due to RSV severe disease in Argentina.

Methods

This is a prospective cohort study that collected information regarding 256 infants under 12 months of age with acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) due to RSV in two public hospitals of Buenos Aires between 2014 and 2016. Information on healthcare resource use was collected from the patient's report and its associated costs were estimated based on the financial database and account records of the hospitals. We estimated the total cost per hospitalization due to RSV using the health system perspective. The costs w

SUBMITTER: Dvorkin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858556 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature