Excess hospitalizations and mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Spain, 2008-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza may trigger complications, particularly in at-risk groups, potentially leading to hospitalization or death. However, due to lack of routine testing, influenza cases are infrequently coded with influenza-specific diagnosis. Statistical models using influenza activity as an explanatory variable can be used to estimate annual hospitalizations and deaths associated with influenza. Our study aimed to estimate the clinical and economic burden of severe influenza in Spain, considering such models.

Methods

The study comprised ten epidemic seasons (2008/2009-2017/2018) and used two approaches: (i) a direct method of estimating the seasonal influenza hospitalization, based on the number of National Health Service hospitalizations with influenza-specific Internatio

SUBMITTER: Pumarola T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904529 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature