Hospital admissions due to infectious and parasitic diseases in England and Wales between 1999 and 2019: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious diseases continue to account for considerable illness and death worldwide, and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a significant burden on global economies and public health. This study aimed to investigate the trends in infectious and parasitic disease (IPD) hospital admissions (HA) in England and Wales between 1999 and 2019.

Methods

This is an ecological study using publicly available data taken from the Hospital Episode Statistics database in England and the Patient Episode Database for Wales. Hospital admission data were collected for the period between April 1999 to March 2019. IPDHA were identified using the tenth version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases system, diagnostic codes (A00-B99). The trend in hospital admis

SUBMITTER: Sweiss K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature