The economic burden of childhood invasive pneumococcal diseases and pneumonia in Taiwan: Implications for a pneumococcal vaccination program
| Autor: | Shiou-Chien Chen, Yi-Chien Ho, Yu-Chiao Wang, Kow-Tong Chen, Pei-Lun Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Pneumococcal disease Immunology Taiwan Bacteremia invasive pneumococcal disease Pneumococcal Infections Meningitis Bacterial Pneumococcal Vaccines Cost of Illness Environmental health Pneumonia Bacterial medicine pneumonia Humans Immunology and Allergy Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study health care economics and organizations Cost database Pharmacology Immunization Programs business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Health Care Costs Emergency department medicine.disease Pneumococcal infections Pneumonia Pneumococcal vaccine Child Preschool Pneumococcal vaccination economic burden Female business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics |
| ISSN: | 2164-554X 2164-5515 |
| Popis: | Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and pneumonia are the major causes of morbidity and deaths in children in the world. The management of IPD and pneumonia is an important economic burden on healthcare systems and families. The aim of this study was to assess the economic burden of IPD and pneumonia among younger children in Taiwan. We used a cost-illness approach to identify the cost categories for analysis in this study according to various perspectives. We obtained data of admission, outpatient, and emergency department visit data from the National Health Insurance Research (NHIR) database for children |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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