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ABSTRACT: Background
Consideration of cost determinants is crucial to inform delivery of public vaccination programs.Objectives
To estimate the average total cost of laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadians prior to, during, and 30 days following discharge. To analyze effects of patient/disease characteristics, treatment, and regional differences in costs.Methods
Study utilized previously recorded clinical characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of laboratory-confirmed influenza patients admitted to hospitals in the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS), Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN), from 2010/11 to 2012/13. Unit costs including hospital overheads were linked to inpatient/outpatient resource utilization before and after admissions.Results
Dataset included 2943 adult admissions to 17 SOS Network hospitals and 24 Toronto Invasive Bacterial Disease Network hospitals. Mean age was 69.5 years. Average hospital stay was 10.8 days (95% CI: 10.3, 11.3), general ward stays were 9.4 days (95% CI: 9.0, 9.8), and ICU stays were 9.8 days (95% CI: 8.6, 11.1) for the 14% of patients admitted to the ICU. Average cost per case was $14 612 CAD (95% CI: $13 852, $15 372) including $133 (95% CI: $116, $150) for medical care prior to admission, $14 031 (95% CI: $13 295, $14 768) during initial hospital stay, $447 (95% CI: $271, $624) post-discharge, including readmission within 30 days.Conclusion
The cost of laboratory-confirmed influenza was higher than previous estimates, driven mostly by length of stay and analyzing only laboratory-confirmed influenza cases. The true per-patient cost of influenza-related hospitalization has been underestimated, and prevention programs should be evaluated in this context.
SUBMITTER: Ng C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5820421 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ng Carita C Ye Lingyun L Noorduyn Stephen G SG Hux Margaret M Thommes Edward E Goeree Ron R Ambrose Ardith A Andrew Melissa K MK Hatchette Todd T Boivin Guy G Bowie William W ElSherif May M Green Karen K Johnstone Jennie J Katz Kevin K Leblanc Jason J Loeb Mark M MacKinnon-Cameron Donna D McCarthy Anne A McElhaney Janet J McGeer Allison A Poirier Andre A Powis Jeff J Richardson David D Sharma Rohita R Semret Makeda M Smith Stephanie S Smyth Daniel D Stiver Grant G Trottier Sylvie S Valiquette Louis L Webster Duncan D McNeil Shelly A SA
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<h4>Background</h4>Consideration of cost determinants is crucial to inform delivery of public vaccination programs.<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the average total cost of laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadians prior to, during, and 30 days following discharge. To analyze effects of patient/disease characteristics, treatment, and regional differences in costs.<h4>Methods</h4>Study utilized previously recorded clinical characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of ...[more]