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Epidemiology and medical cost of hospitalization due to rotavirus gastroenteritis among children under 5 years of age in the central-east of Tunisia.

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Author	Soltani, Mohamed Soussi Salah, Afif Ben Bouanène, Inès Trabelsi, Abdelhalim Sfar, Mohamed Taher Harbi, Abdelaziz Gueddiche, Mohamed Neji Farhat, Essia Ben
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Data on the economic burden of rotavirus infection in Tunisia are needed to inform the decision to include rotavirus in routine childhood immunizations. This study aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of rotavirus disease in central-east Tunisia and to estimate its hospital cost. In the first stage - the prospective collection of epidemiological data - we enrolled all patients < 5 years old who were hospitalized for acute diarrhoea at 5 university paediatric departments in central-east Tunisia during the period 2009-2011. Rotavirus was responsible for 65 (23.3%) of the 279 cases enrolled. In the second stage, cost data were collected retrospectively using an activity-based costing method from the medical records of the children who were positively diagnosed with rotavirus. The average cost of care per child was TD 433 (SD 134). This is a significant economic burden in Tunisia, where a safe and effective vaccine is available but not yet introduced to the immunization schedule.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://applications.emro.who.int/EMHJ/v21/08/EMHJ_2015_21_8_584_590.pdf
PubMed reference number	26446530v1
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	8
Journal	Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Economic Conditions Epidemiology Hospital Costs Hospitalization Immunization Schedule Patients Rotavirus Infections Stage level 1 Stage level 2 Vaccination Viral gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus acute diarrhea rotavirus, live, tetravalent vaccine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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