Hospital and economic burden of influenza-like illness and lower respiratory tract infection in adults ≥50 years-old.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. The study assessed the health and economic burden of ILI and LRTI according to age and comorbidities, since available evidence is limited and heterogeneous.

Method

The prevalence of comorbidities, the seasonal incidence rates and the mean and per capita direct costs of ED accesses for ILI/LRTI, whether followed by hospitalization or not, recorded in adults aged ≥50 years over the last 6 years, in the referral hospitals located in the Genoese metropolitan area (Liguria, Italy) where the syndromic surveillance system is active, were evaluated through a retrospective observational study. Comorbidities were estimated through the Chronic C

SUBMITTER: Trucchi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700791 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature