Modelling Estimates of Norovirus Disease in Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of disease due to norovirus infection has been well described in the general United States population, but studies of norovirus occurrence among persons with chronic medical conditions have been limited mostly to the immunocompromised. We assessed the impact of norovirus gastroenteritis on health care utilization in US subjects with a range of chronic medical conditions.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using MarketScan data from July 2002 to December 2013, comparing the rates of emergency department visits, outpatient visits and hospitalizations among patients with chronic conditions (renal, cardiovascular, respiratory, immunocompromising, gastrointestinal, hepatic/pancreatic and neurological conditions and diabetes) with those in a he

SUBMITTER: Verstraeten T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4954678 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature