BACKGROUND: Population-based estimates of hospitalization rates for varicella provide data of the severe and costly end of this disease. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual burden of hospitalization due to primary varicella in the 17 Autonomous Regions of Spain. METHODS: Data were obtained from the national surveillance system for hospital data and comprises all hospital discharges for varicella reported during the 1995--2000 period. RESULTS: The overall incidence of hospitalizations was 2.7 per 100,000 persons per year (ranging from 3.2 in Navarra to 1.5 in the Canary Islands). Forty-eight deaths were reported during the period. Each year varicella was responsible for 3017 days of hospitalization in persons < or =10 years of age and 3333 days in persons > 10 years of age. The annual cost of these hospitalizations was 1.2 million and more than 500.000 euros for persons < or =10 years and > 10 years of age, respectively. CONCLUSION: Varicella is associated to a severe morbidity in children, adolescents and adults in Spain. The burden of varicella is likely to be potentially reduced by effective immunization programs.
BACKGROUND: Population-based estimates of hospitalization rates for varicella provide data of the severe and costly end of this disease. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual burden of hospitalization due to primary varicella in the 17 Autonomous Regions of Spain. METHODS: Data were obtained from the national surveillance system for hospital data and comprises all hospital discharges for varicella reported during the 1995--2000 period. RESULTS: The overall incidence of hospitalizations was 2.7 per 100,000 persons per year (ranging from 3.2 in Navarra to 1.5 in the Canary Islands). Forty-eight deaths were reported during the period. Each year varicella was responsible for 3017 days of hospitalization in persons < or =10 years of age and 3333 days in persons > 10 years of age. The annual cost of these hospitalizations was 1.2 million and more than 500.000 euros for persons < or =10 years and > 10 years of age, respectively. CONCLUSION: Varicella is associated to a severe morbidity in children, adolescents and adults in Spain. The burden of varicella is likely to be potentially reduced by effective immunization programs.
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