Annual economic impacts of seasonal influenza on US counties: spatial heterogeneity and patterns

• Published in: International journal of health geographics Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 16
• Main Authors: Mao, Liang, Yang, Yang, Qiu, Youliang, Yang, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.05.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Care and treatment; Censuses; Child; Child, Preschool; Costs; Costs and Cost Analysis; Economic aspects; Economic costs; Estimates; Geography; Health aspects; Humans; Influenza; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Influenza vaccines; Influenza, Human - economics; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Internet service providers; Local Government; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Population density; Population Surveillance - methods; Prevention; Rural areas; Seasonal variations (Diseases); Seasons; Spatial heterogeneity; Studies; United States - epidemiology; US Counties; Vaccination; Vaccines; Young Adult; United States; United States > US

Economic impacts of seasonal influenza vary across US counties, but little estimation has been conducted at the county level. This research computed annual economic costs of seasonal influenza for 3143 US counties based on Census 2010, identified inherent spatial patterns, and investigated cost-bene...