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[Study of flu costs]
Xavier Badia Llach1, Montserrat Roset Gamisans, José M Francés Tudel
1Health Outcomes Research Europe, Barcelona, España.
Objective:
To evaluate the costs of influenza epidemics in Spanish society.
Design:
Observational, longitudinal, and multi-centre study of healthcare and non-healthcare resource use associated with flu.
Setting:
Two primary care centres, 3 hospital emergency services, and the medical service at an old people's home.
Participants:
A total of 662 individuals diagnosed with flu who attended
Main Measurements:
Direct and indirect costs of flu in Spanish society.
Results:
The 60.7% of diagnosed cases of flu included in the study came from hospital emergency services, 36.9% from primary health care centres, and 2.4% from an old people's home. During the epidemic period, flu in Spain costs about 1036.9 million euros, taking incidence at 7.9%. Flu-derived costs are higher in over-65 and chronic patients.
Conclusions:
Influenza costs fall mainly on hospitals and work through time off. The cost of flu is higher among patients considered to be risk groups.
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