Hospitalizations and emergency attendance averted by influenza vaccination in Victoria, Australia, 2017 - 2019.

ABSTRACT: Seasonal influenza epidemics result in high levels of healthcare utilization. Vaccination is an effective strategy to reduce the influenza-related burden of disease. However, reporting vaccine effectiveness does not convey the population impacts of influenza vaccination. We aimed to calculate the burden of influenza-related hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) attendance averted by influenza vaccination in Victoria, Australia, from 2017 to 2019, and associated economic savings. We applied a compartmental model to hospitalizations and ED attendances with influenza-specific, and pneumonia and influenza (P&I) with the International Classification of Diseases, 10^th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) diagnostic codes of J09-J11 and J09-J18, respectively. We estim

SUBMITTER: Pendrey CGA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450505 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature