Clinical and economic burden of invasive meningococcal disease: Evidence from a large German claims database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data is available to describe clinical characteristics, long-term outcomes, healthcare resource use and the attributable costs of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Germany. We aimed to examine demographic and clinical characteristics as well as healthcare resource use and related costs.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study based on the InGef database in patients with IMD between 2009 and 2015. Cases were identified based on hospital main discharge diagnoses of IMD. Demographics, clinical characteristics, 30-day and 1-year mortality as well as IMD-related complications and sequelae in IMD cases were examined. In addition, short and long-term costs and healthcare resource use in IMD cases were analyzed and compared to an age- and sex-match

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986746 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature