Excess hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Italy: a 11-year retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza and flu-like syndromes are difficult to monitor because the symptoms are not specific, laboratory tests are not routinely performed, and diagnosis codes are often lacking or incompletely registered in medical records. This may result in an underestimation of hospital admissions, associated costs, and in-hospital mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the public health and economic burden of hospitalisations associated with influenza in Italy, at the national and regional levels.

Methods

This 11-year retrospective study included patients admitted to hospitals for influenza or diagnoses associated with influenza (including respiratory and cardiocirculatory conditions) from 2008/09 to 2018/19. Data on hospitalisations were extracted from the Ita

SUBMITTER: Fattore G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature