Evaluating the Individual Healthcare Costs and Burden of Disease Associated with RSV Across Age Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI), with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. RSV costing and burden estimates can highlight the potential benefits of future vaccination programs and are essential for economic evaluations.

Objective

We aimed to determine RSV healthcare costs across age groups and the overall disease burden of medically attended RSV in Canada.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective case-control study to estimate the attributable healthcare costs per RSV case in Alberta. We used two case definitions to capture diversity in case severity: laboratory-confirmed RSV and ARI attributable to RSV. Matching occurred on five criteria: (1) age, (2) urban/rural status, (3) sex, (4) prematurity and (5

SUBMITTER: Rafferty E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9130187 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature