The financial burden of an influenza outbreak in a small rehabilitation centre

We report an influenza outbreak in a 75‐bed rehabilitation centre and present the detailed microeconomic impact that it had during the season 2016/2017. The direct medical, direct non‐medical and indirect costs were calculated. The outbreak included 18 patients with influenza and 8 contact patients,...

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Autores principales: Sendi, Parham, Dräger, Sarah, Batzer, Bettina, Walser, Susanne, Dangel, Marc, Widmer, Andreas F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12696
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Sumario:We report an influenza outbreak in a 75‐bed rehabilitation centre and present the detailed microeconomic impact that it had during the season 2016/2017. The direct medical, direct non‐medical and indirect costs were calculated. The outbreak included 18 patients with influenza and 8 contact patients, leading to 86 days with isolation precautions. During the outbreak month, 25 (15%) employees were absent from work for 89 days (mean 3.6 days, SD ± 1.8), and during the entire influenza season 33 for 175 (5.3 ± SD 4.6) days, respectively. The economic burden related to the outbreak was 114 373 CHF (106 890 €, 112 131 $).

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