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Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017

The United States is in the midst of unprecedented person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks. By using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data, we estimated the average costs per hepatitis A–related hospitalization in 2017. These estimates can guide investment in outbreak prevention efforts to sto...

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Autores principales: Hofmeister, Megan G., Yin, Shaoman, Aslam, Maria V., Teshale, Eyasu H., Spradling, Philip R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32310068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191224
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spelling pubmed-71819232020-05-06 Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017 Hofmeister, Megan G. Yin, Shaoman Aslam, Maria V. Teshale, Eyasu H. Spradling, Philip R. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter The United States is in the midst of unprecedented person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks. By using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data, we estimated the average costs per hepatitis A–related hospitalization in 2017. These estimates can guide investment in outbreak prevention efforts to stop the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7181923/ /pubmed/32310068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191224 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
title Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
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title_fullStr Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
title_short Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32310068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191224
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