Cargando…

Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Introduction: Influenza infection is associated with potential serious complications, increased hospitalization rates, and a higher risk of death. Materials and Methods: A retrospective comparative analysis of selected indicators of hospitalization from the University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, wa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Susło, Robert, Pobrotyn, Piotr, Brydak, Lidia, Rypicz, Łukasz, Grata-Borkowska, Urszula, Drobnik, Jarosław
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34068141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105173
_version_ 1783698698695344128
author Susło, Robert
Pobrotyn, Piotr
Brydak, Lidia
Rypicz, Łukasz
Grata-Borkowska, Urszula
Drobnik, Jarosław
author_facet Susło, Robert
Pobrotyn, Piotr
Brydak, Lidia
Rypicz, Łukasz
Grata-Borkowska, Urszula
Drobnik, Jarosław
author_sort Susło, Robert
collection PubMed
description Introduction: Influenza infection is associated with potential serious complications, increased hospitalization rates, and a higher risk of death. Materials and Methods: A retrospective comparative analysis of selected indicators of hospitalization from the University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, was carried out on patients with confirmed influenza infection in comparison to a control group randomly selected from among all other patients hospitalized on the respective wards during the 2018–2019 influenza season. Results: The mean laboratory testing costs for the entire hospital were 3.74-fold higher and the mean imaging test costs were 4.02-fold higher for patients with confirmed influenza than for the control group; the hospital expenses were additionally raised by the cost of antiviral therapy, which is striking when compared against the cost of a single flu vaccine. During the 2018–2019 influenza season, influenza infections among the hospital patients temporarily limited the healthcare service availability in the institution, which resulted in reduced admission rates to the departments related to internal medicine; the mean absence among the hospital staff totaled approximately 7 h per employee, despite 7.3% of the staff having been vaccinated against influenza at the hospital’s expense. Conclusions: There were significant differences in the hospitalization indicators between the patients with confirmed influenza and the control group, which markedly increased the hospital care costs in this multi-specialty university hospital.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8152967
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-81529672021-05-27 Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study Susło, Robert Pobrotyn, Piotr Brydak, Lidia Rypicz, Łukasz Grata-Borkowska, Urszula Drobnik, Jarosław Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Introduction: Influenza infection is associated with potential serious complications, increased hospitalization rates, and a higher risk of death. Materials and Methods: A retrospective comparative analysis of selected indicators of hospitalization from the University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, was carried out on patients with confirmed influenza infection in comparison to a control group randomly selected from among all other patients hospitalized on the respective wards during the 2018–2019 influenza season. Results: The mean laboratory testing costs for the entire hospital were 3.74-fold higher and the mean imaging test costs were 4.02-fold higher for patients with confirmed influenza than for the control group; the hospital expenses were additionally raised by the cost of antiviral therapy, which is striking when compared against the cost of a single flu vaccine. During the 2018–2019 influenza season, influenza infections among the hospital patients temporarily limited the healthcare service availability in the institution, which resulted in reduced admission rates to the departments related to internal medicine; the mean absence among the hospital staff totaled approximately 7 h per employee, despite 7.3% of the staff having been vaccinated against influenza at the hospital’s expense. Conclusions: There were significant differences in the hospitalization indicators between the patients with confirmed influenza and the control group, which markedly increased the hospital care costs in this multi-specialty university hospital. MDPI 2021-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8152967/ /pubmed/34068141 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105173 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Susło, Robert
Pobrotyn, Piotr
Brydak, Lidia
Rypicz, Łukasz
Grata-Borkowska, Urszula
Drobnik, Jarosław
Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title_full Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title_fullStr Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title_short Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study
title_sort seasonal influenza and low flu vaccination coverage as important factors modifying the costs and availability of hospital services in poland: a retrospective comparative study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34068141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105173
work_keys_str_mv AT susłorobert seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy
AT pobrotynpiotr seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy
AT brydaklidia seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy
AT rypiczłukasz seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy
AT grataborkowskaurszula seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy
AT drobnikjarosław seasonalinfluenzaandlowfluvaccinationcoverageasimportantfactorsmodifyingthecostsandavailabilityofhospitalservicesinpolandaretrospectivecomparativestudy