Long-term neurological and healthcare burden of adults with Japanese encephalitis: A nationwide study 2000-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the healthcare utilization, economic burden, and long-term neurological complications and mortality of an adult population with Japanese encephalitis (JE).

Methods

This study utilized two nationwide datasets in Taiwan: the Notifiable Disease Dataset of confirmed cases from the Centers for Disease Control to identify JE patients, and the National Health Insurance Research Database to obtain patients' healthcare utilization. Survival analyses were performed to identify prognostic factors associated with the all-cause mortality of patients.

Results

This study included 352 adult cases with JE (aged≥20 years). The mean age of JE patients was 45 years. Stroke (event rate: 3.49/100 person-years) was the most common neurological complication, followed by e

SUBMITTER: Chen HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8486099 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature