Global and national influenza-associated hospitalisation rates: Estimates for 40 countries and administrative regions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO estimates that seasonal influenza epidemics result in three to five million cases of severe illness (hospitalisations) every year. We aimed to improve the understanding of influenza-associated hospitalisation estimates at a national and global level.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature review of English- and Chinese-language studies published between 1995 and 2020 estimating influenza-associated hospitalisation. We included a total of 127 studies (seven in Chinese) in the meta-analysis and analyzed their data using a logit-logistic regression model to understand the influence of five study factors and produce national and global estimates by age groups. The five study factors assessed were: 1) the method used to calculate the influenza-associated hosp

SUBMITTER: Paget J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature