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Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2019 Oct 25. doi: 10.1111/irv.12696. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]The financial burden of an influenza outbreak in a small rehabilitation centre.[/h]
Sendi P[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Dr?ger S[SUP]1[/SUP], Batzer B[SUP]1[/SUP], Walser S[SUP]3[/SUP], Dangel M[SUP]1[/SUP], Widmer AF[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 2 Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 3 B?rgerspital Basel, Reha Chrischona, Bettingen, Switzerland.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We report an influenza outbreak in a 75-bed rehabilitation centre and present the detailed microeconomic impact that it had during the season 2016/2017. The direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect costs were calculated. The outbreak included 18 patients with influenza and 8 contact patients, leading to 86 days with isolation precautions. During the outbreak month, 25 (15%) employees were absent from work for 89 days (mean 3.6 days, SD ? 1.8), and during the entire influenza season 33 for 175 (5.3 ? SD 4.6) days, respectively. The economic burden related to the outbreak was 114 373 CHF (106 890 €, 112 131 $).
? 2019 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] cost-of-illness; disease burden; economic burden; influenza; influenza outbreak; productivity
PMID: 31651074 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12696
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Sendi P[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Dr?ger S[SUP]1[/SUP], Batzer B[SUP]1[/SUP], Walser S[SUP]3[/SUP], Dangel M[SUP]1[/SUP], Widmer AF[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 2 Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 3 B?rgerspital Basel, Reha Chrischona, Bettingen, Switzerland.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We report an influenza outbreak in a 75-bed rehabilitation centre and present the detailed microeconomic impact that it had during the season 2016/2017. The direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect costs were calculated. The outbreak included 18 patients with influenza and 8 contact patients, leading to 86 days with isolation precautions. During the outbreak month, 25 (15%) employees were absent from work for 89 days (mean 3.6 days, SD ? 1.8), and during the entire influenza season 33 for 175 (5.3 ? SD 4.6) days, respectively. The economic burden related to the outbreak was 114 373 CHF (106 890 €, 112 131 $).
? 2019 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] cost-of-illness; disease burden; economic burden; influenza; influenza outbreak; productivity
PMID: 31651074 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12696
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