Rotavirus-associated hospitalization and emergency department costs and rotavirus vaccine program impact.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the medical costs of laboratory-confirmed rotavirus hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits and estimate the economic impact of the rotavirus vaccine program.

Patients and methods

During 4 rotavirus seasons (2006-2009), children <3 years of age hospitalized or seen in the ED with laboratory-confirmed rotavirus were identified through active population-based rotavirus surveillance in three US counties. Medical costs were obtained from hospital and physician billing data, and factors associated with increased costs were examined. Annual national costs were estimated using rotavirus hospitalization and ED visit rates and medical costs for rotavirus hospitalizations and ED visits from our surveillance program for pre- (2006-2007) and post-va

SUBMITTER: Kilgore A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4652939 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature