Health care costs of hospitalization of young children for respiratory syncytial virus infections: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection poses a substantial clinical burden among infants and young children. We sought to determine the health care costs of hospitalizations attributable to RSV in Ontario, Canada, from the health care payer perspective.

Methods

For this population-based matched cohort study, we identified children younger than 24 months who were or were not hospitalized with RSV infections in 2006-2016. We performed a cost-of-illness analysis using linked administrative health data, with subjects stratified by gestational age and congenital heart disease, and propensity score-matched on established risk factors. The primary outcome was attributable health care costs per patient, reflecting the difference in direct medical costs between the gr

SUBMITTER: Thampi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526091 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature