Trends in Hospitalisations for Vaccine Preventable Respiratory Infections Following Emergency Department Presentations in New South Wales, Australia, 2012-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine-preventable respiratory infections impact on healthcare systems globally. Despite availability of vaccines, fluctuations in vaccination rates, pathogen virulence and community transmission dynamics mean that these respiratory infections continue to pose substantial public health risks. To understand trends in vaccine-preventable respiratory infections, we analysed linked data from emergency department (ED), hospitalisations and deaths in New South Wales, Australia, from 2012 to 2022.

Methods

ED presentations with respiratory infection like illness were linked to hospitalisation and death records. Age-standardised rates of ED presentations, proportions subsequently hospitalised for acute respiratory infection (ARI) and specific vaccine-preventable disease d

SUBMITTER: Hossain FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427497 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature