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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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 1040 - 1041
Main Authors Hofmeister, Megan G, Yin, Shaoman, Aslam, Maria V, Teshale, Eyasu H, Spradling, Philip R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.05.2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Cost estimates
Disease control
disease outbreaks
Disease prevention
Diseases
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Government agencies
Health care costs
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017
Hepatitis A vaccines
Homelessness
hospital costs
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Immunization
Investments
Medical economics
Prevention
Research Letter
Surveillance
United States
Vaccines
viruses
Serbia
Atlanta Georgia
United States > US
viruses
hepatitis A
United States
disease outbreaks
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
vaccine-preventable diseases
hospital costs
hepatitis A virus
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2605.191224