Open AccessEpidemia de influenza del año 2009 en un hospital pediátrico y costos médicos directos en menores de 5 años comparados con el período 2006-2008
Author(s) -
Norberto Giglio,
Vanesa Castellano,
Ricardo Rüttimann,
Gabriela I. Vidal,
Ángela Gentile
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2012.19
Subject(s) - medicine , outpatient visits , outbreak , medical costs , epidemiology , pandemic , indirect costs , emergency medicine , health care , pediatrics , outpatient clinic , covid-19 , demography , virology , disease , business , accounting , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Epidemic outbreaks of influenza occur every year and healthcare systems must amplify their response in accordance with available medical resources. This situation generates cost increases. During the recent influenza A pandemic, costs were likely to have been greater than in previous years.