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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2019

The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010-2014.

Theofilos Papadopoulos, Sofieke Klamer, Stephanie Jacquinet, Boudewijn Catry, Amber Litzroth, Laure Mortgat, Pavlos Mamouris, Javiera Rebolledo, Bert Vaes, Dieter Van Cauteren and 3 more

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Theofilos PapadopoulosDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Sofieke KlamerDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Stephanie JacquinetDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Boudewijn CatryDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Amber LitzrothDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Laure MortgatDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Pavlos MamourisDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven),Leuven,Belgium.
Javiera RebolledoDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Bert VaesDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven),Leuven,Belgium.
Dieter Van CauterenDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Johan Van der HeydenDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.
Philippe BeutelsCentre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp,Antwerp,Belgium.
Brecht DevleesschauwerDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health,Sciensano,Brussels,Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2867-6892

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) remains a common condition in both low- and high-income countries. In Belgium, however, there is currently a lack of information on the societal health and economic impact of AGE. We conducted a retrospective study using mortality and cause-of-death data, hospital data, primary care data, health interview survey data and other published data. We estimated the burden of illness during a 5-year period (2010-2014) in Belgium in terms of deaths, patients admitted to hospitals, patients consulting their general practitioner (GP) and cases occurring in the community. We further quantified the health impact in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the economic impact in terms of cost-of-illness estimates. We estimated 343 deaths, 27 707 hospitalised patients, 464 222 GP consultations and 10 058 741 episodes occurring in the community (0.91 cases/person) on average per year. AGE was associated with 11 855 DALYs per year (107 DALY per 100 000 persons). The economic burden was estimated to represent direct costs of €112 million, indirect costs of €927 million (90% of the total costs) and an average total cost of €103 per case and €94 per person. AGE results in a substantial health and economic impact in Belgium, justifying continued mitigation efforts.

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Cost of IllnessBelgiumGastroenteritisHumansRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisBurden of diseasecost-of-illnessdisability-adjusted life yearsgastroenteritis

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PMCPMC6518509

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