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Title: | The health and economic burden of chickenpox and herpes zoster in Belgium | Authors: | Bilcke, J. OGUNJIMI, Benson Marais, Christiaan de Smet, F. Callens, M. CALLAERT, Kris van Kerschaver, E. Ramet, J. van Damme, P. Beutels, P. |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Publisher: | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Source: | EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 140 (11), p. 2096-2109 | Abstract: | Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox (CP) and after reactivation herpes zoster (HZ). Vaccines are available against both diseases warranting an assessment of the pre-vaccination burden of disease. We collected data from relevant Belgian databases and performed five surveys of CP and HZ patients. The rates at which a general practitioner is visited at least once for CP and HZ are 346 and 378/100 000 person-years, respectively. The average CP and HZ hospitalization rates are 5.3 and 14.2/100 000 person-years respectively. The direct medical cost for HZ is about twice as large as the direct medical cost for CP. The quality-adjusted life years lost for ambulatory CP patients consulting a physician is more than double that of those not consulting a physician (0.010 vs. 0.004). In conclusion, both diseases cause a substantial burden in Belgium. | Notes: | [Bilcke, J.; Ogunjimi, B.; Marais, C.; van Damme, P.; Beutels, P.] Univ Antwerp, Ctr Hlth Econ Res & Modelling Infect Dis, Vaccine & Infect Dis Inst Vaxinfectio, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium. [Ogunjimi, B.; Ramet, J.] Univ Antwerp Hosp, Dept Paediat, Edegem, Belgium. [de Smet, F.; Callens, M.] Natl Alliance Christian Sickness Funds, Brussels, Belgium. [de Smet, F.] Dept Occupat Environm & Insurance Med, Louvain, Belgium. [Callaert, K.] Hasselt Univ, Interuniv Inst Biostat & Stat Bioinformat I BioSt, Diepenbeek, Belgium. [van Kerschaver, E.] Child & Family, Brussels, Belgium. joke.bilcke@ua.ac.be | Keywords: | Ambulatory; cost; hospitalization; QALY; shingles; varicella;Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases; ambulatory; cost; hospitalisation; QALY; shingles; varicella | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/14402 | ISSN: | 0950-2688 | e-ISSN: | 1469-4409 | DOI: | 10.1017/S0950268811002640 | ISI #: | 000309724500023 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2013 |
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