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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2016

High burden of RSV hospitalization in very young children: a data linkage study.

N Homaira, J-L Oei, K-A Mallitt, M E Abdel-Latif, L Hilder, B Bajuk, K Lui, M Ferson, A Nurkic, G M Chambers and 3 more

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13 authors.

N HomairaDiscipline of Paediatrics,School of Women's and Children's Health,Faculty of Medicine,UNSWAustralia.
J-L OeiDiscipline of Paediatrics,School of Women's and Children's Health,Faculty of Medicine,UNSWAustralia.
K-A MallittDiscipline of Paediatrics,School of Women's and Children's Health,Faculty of Medicine,UNSWAustralia.
M E Abdel-LatifDepartment of Neonatology,Centenary Hospital,Australian National University.
L HilderNational Perinatal Epidemiology & Statistics Unit,Centre for Big Data Research in Health and School of Women's and Children's Health,UNSWAustralia.
B BajukNSW Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network,Sydney Children's Hospitals Network,Westmead,NSW,Australia.
K LuiDiscipline of Paediatrics,School of Women's and Children's Health,Faculty of Medicine,UNSWAustralia.
M FersonPublic Health Unit,South Eastern Sydney Local Health District,NSW,Australia.
A NurkicPublic Health Unit,South Eastern Sydney Local Health District,NSW,Australia.
G M ChambersNational Perinatal Epidemiology & Statistics Unit,Centre for Big Data Research in Health and School of Women's and Children's Health,UNSWAustralia.
W RawlinsonSerology and Virology Division,SEALS Microbiology,Prince of Wales Hospital,Randwick,NSW,Australia.
T SnellingPrincess Margaret Hospital,Perth,Western Australia.
A JaffeDiscipline of Paediatrics,School of Women's and Children's Health,Faculty of Medicine,UNSWAustralia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Linked administrative population data were used to estimate the burden of childhood respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization in an Australian cohort aged <5 years. RSV-coded hospitalizations data were extracted for all children aged <5 years born in New South Wales (NSW), Australia between 2001 and 2010. Incidence was calculated as the total number of new episodes of RSV hospitalization divided by the child-years at risk. Mean cost per episode of RSV hospitalization was estimated using public hospital cost weights. The cohort comprised of 870 314 children. The population-based incidence/1000 child-years of RSV hospitalization for children aged <5 years was 4·9 with a rate of 25·6 in children aged <3 months. The incidence of RSV hospitalization (per 1000 child-years) was 11·0 for Indigenous children, 81·5 for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), 10·2 for preterm children with gestational age (GA) 32-36 weeks, 27·0 for children with GA 28-31 weeks, 39·0 for children with GA <28 weeks and 6·7 for term children with low birthweight. RSV hospitalization was associated with an average annual cost of more than AUD 9 million in NSW. RSV was associated with a substantial burden of childhood hospitalization specifically in children aged <3 months and in Indigenous children and children born preterm or with BPD.

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Child, PreschoolFemaleHealth Care CostsHospitalizationHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornInformation Storage and RetrievalMaleNew South WalesRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRetrospective StudiesEpidemiologyestimating disease prevalenceglobal vaccine issuesinfectious disease epidemiologypaediatrics

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