Incidence and costs of hospitalized adult influenza patients in The Netherlands: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Influenza virus infections cause a high disease and economic burden during seasonal epidemics. However, there is still a need for reliable disease burden estimates to provide a more detailed picture of the impact of influenza. Therefore, the objectives of this study is to estimate the incidence of hospitalisation for influenza virus infection and associated hospitalisation costs in adult patients in the Netherlands during two consecutive influenza seasons.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study in adult patients with a laboratory confirmed influenza virus infection in three Dutch hospitals during respiratory seasons 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Incidence was calculated as the weekly number of hospitalised influenza patients divided by the total population in the ca

SUBMITTER: Marbus SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7095032 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature