OBJECTIVES: To quantify the cost and distribution of health care resources consumed annually in management of Canadian children from birth to 4 years of age with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. STUDY DESIGN: Estimates of direct medical expenditures (in 1993 U.S. dollars) were collected from a prospective cohort study of hospitalized children with RSV and from national and provincial databases. RESULTS: The annual cost of RSV-associated illness was almost $18 million. The largest component of direct expenditures (62%) was for inpatient care for the estimated 0.7% of all infected children ill enough to require admission. Physician fees comprised only 4% of inpatient expenses. Expenditures for ambulatory patients accounted for 38% of direct costs. CONCLUSIONS: The greatest reductions in the economic cost of RSV infections will be found in interventions that reduce duration of or prevent hospital stay. Costs for management of RSV infection in children in the Canadian health care system are considerably less than charges reported in the United States.
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the cost and distribution of health care resources consumed annually in management of Canadian children from birth to 4 years of age with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. STUDY DESIGN: Estimates of direct medical expenditures (in 1993 U.S. dollars) were collected from a prospective cohort study of hospitalized children with RSV and from national and provincial databases. RESULTS: The annual cost of RSV-associated illness was almost $18 million. The largest component of direct expenditures (62%) was for inpatient care for the estimated 0.7% of all infected children ill enough to require admission. Physician fees comprised only 4% of inpatient expenses. Expenditures for ambulatory patients accounted for 38% of direct costs. CONCLUSIONS: The greatest reductions in the economic cost of RSV infections will be found in interventions that reduce duration of or prevent hospital stay. Costs for management of RSV infection in children in the Canadian health care system are considerably less than charges reported in the United States.
Authors: B Law; N Macdonald; J Langley; I Mitchell; D Stephens; E Wang; J Robinson; F Boucher; J McDonald; S Dobson Journal: Paediatr Child Health Date: 1998-11 Impact factor: 2.253
Authors: Anna Banerji; Vladimir Panzov; Michael Young; Bonita E Lee; Muhammad Mamdani; B Louise Giles; Marguerite Dennis; Johanne Morel; Danny Bisson; Bosco A Paes; Charles Hui; Jim Mahony Journal: Can Respir J Date: 2013-12-23 Impact factor: 2.409
Authors: Shannon Scott; Lisa Hartling; Jeremy Grimshaw; David Johnson; Martin Osmond; Amy Plint; Rollin Brant; Jamie C Brehaut; Ian D Graham; Gillian Currie; Nicola Shaw; Maala Bhatt; Tim Lynch; Liza Bialy; Terry Klassen Journal: Implement Sci Date: 2009-09-22 Impact factor: 7.327