Costs of Conjunctivitis Outbreak, Réunion Island, France

During January–April 2015, a major outbreak of conjunctivitis on Réunion Island caused a large public health impact. On the basis of general practitioner consultations, emergency department visits, and eye medication sales during the 13-week epidemic, we estimated a total healthcare cost of €3,341,1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Filleul, Laurent, Pagès, Frederic, Wan, Guy-Noel Chan, Brottet, Elise, Vilain, Pascal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170916
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Sumario:During January–April 2015, a major outbreak of conjunctivitis on Réunion Island caused a large public health impact. On the basis of general practitioner consultations, emergency department visits, and eye medication sales during the 13-week epidemic, we estimated a total healthcare cost of €3,341,191 from the outbreak.

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