Estimating the Hospital Burden of Norovirus-Associated Gastroenteritis in England and Its Opportunity Costs for Nonadmitted Patients | Zendy

Frank Sandmann | Zendy; Laura Shallcross | Zendy; Natalie Adams | Zendy; David J. Allen | Zendy; Pietro G. Coen | Zendy; Annette Jeanes | Zendy; Zisis Kozlakidis | Zendy; Lesley Larkin | Zendy; Fatima Wurie | Zendy; Julie V. Robotham | Zendy; Mark Jit | Zendy; Sarah R Deeny | Zendy

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Estimating the Hospital Burden of Norovirus-Associated Gastroenteritis in England and Its Opportunity Costs for Nonadmitted Patients

Author(s) -

Frank Sandmann,

Laura Shallcross,

Natalie Adams,

David J. Allen,

Pietro G. Coen,

Annette Jeanes,

Zisis Kozlakidis,

Lesley Larkin,

Fatima Wurie,

Julie V. Robotham,

Mark Jit,

Sarah R Deeny

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy167

Subject(s) - norovirus , medicine , interquartile range , outbreak , environmental health , confidence interval , disease burden , public health , emergency medicine , health care , demography , population , virology , economics , economic growth , nursing , sociology

Norovirus places a substantial burden on healthcare systems, arising from infected patients, disease outbreaks, beds kept unoccupied for infection control, and staff absences due to infection. In settings with high rates of bed occupancy, opportunity costs arise from patients who cannot be admitted due to beds being unavailable. With several treatments and vaccines against norovirus in development, quantifying the expected economic burden is timely.

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