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Cost of Bordetella pertussis illness in tertiary hospitals in Argentina

Author(s) -

Ángela Gentile

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

archivos argentinos de pediatria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1668-3501

pISSN - 0325-0075

DOI - 10.5546/aap.2013.eng.295

Subject(s) - bordetella pertussis , tertiary care , medicine , whooping cough , intensive care medicine , virology , emergency medicine , biology , vaccination , bacteria , genetics

The National Immunization Commission and the National Program for the Control of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, ProNaCEI) updated the immunization policy in relation to Bordetella pertussis (BP) in 2009 in order to improve the control of this disease in accordance with international recommendations. To evaluate the financial impact of this new immunization policy, we must first know the cost on the health system of having a hospitalized or outpatient child infected with BP. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of costs of hospitalized or outpatient children with laboratory-confirmed BP infection in three hospitals of Argentina. This was a prospective study of the cost of BP in the period between December 2010 and March 2012.

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