| Autor: |
Hagit Kopel, Alina Bogdanov, Jessamine P. Winer-Jones, Christopher Adams, Isabelle H. Winer, Machaon Bonafede, Van Hung Nguyen, James A. Mansi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 16 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2079-9721 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/diseases12010016 |
| Popis: |
Influenza and COVID-19 contribute significantly to the infectious disease burden during the respiratory season, but their relative burden remains unknown. This study characterizes the frequency and severity of medically attended COVID-19 and influenza during the peak of the 2022–2023 influenza season in the pediatric, adult, and older adult populations and characterizes the prevalence of underlying conditions among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This cross-sectional analysis included individuals in the Veradigm EHR Database linked to Komodo claims data with a medical encounter between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023 (study period). Patients with medical encounters were identified with a diagnosis of COVID-19 or influenza during the study period and stratified based on the highest level of care received with that diagnosis. Among 23,526,196 individuals, there were more COVID-19-related medical encounters than influenza-related encounters, overall and by outcome. Hospitalizations with COVID-19 were more common than hospitalizations with influenza overall (incidence ratio = 4.6) and in all age groups. Nearly all adults hospitalized with COVID-19 had at least one underlying medical condition, but 37.1% of 0–5-year-olds and 25.0% of 6–17-year-olds had no underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 was associated greater burden than influenza during the peak of the 2022–2023 influenza season. |
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