Resource utilization and cost of influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadian adults: A study from the serious outcomes surveillance network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

the Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Investigators, The Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network (TIBDN) Investigators

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Background: Consideration of cost determinants is crucial to inform delivery of public vaccination programs. Objectives: To estimate the average total cost of laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadians prior to, during, and 30 days following discharge. To analyze effects of patient/disease characteristics, treatment, and regional differences in costs. Methods: Study utilized previously recorded clinical characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of laboratory-confirmed influenza patients admitted to hospitals in the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS), Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN), from 2010/11 to 2012/13. Unit costs including hospital overheads were linked to inpatient/outpatient resource utilization before and after admissions. Results: Dataset included 2943 adult admissions to 17 SOS Network hospitals and 24 Toronto Invasive Bacterial Disease Network hospitals. Mean age was 69.5 years. Average hospital stay was 10.8 days (95% CI: 10.3, 11.3), general ward stays were 9.4 days (95% CI: 9.0, 9.8), and ICU stays were 9.8 days (95% CI: 8.6, 11.1) for the 14% of patients admitted to the ICU. Average cost per case was $14 612 CAD (95% CI: $13 852, $15 372) including $133 (95% CI: $116, $150) for medical care prior to admission, $14 031 (95% CI: $13 295, $14 768) during initial hospital stay, $447 (95% CI: $271, $624) post-discharge, including readmission within 30 days. Conclusion: The cost of laboratory-confirmed influenza was higher than previous estimates, driven mostly by length of stay and analyzing only laboratory-confirmed influenza cases. The true per-patient cost of influenza-related hospitalization has been underestimated, and prevention programs should be evaluated in this context.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)232-240
Número de páginas9
PublicaciónInfluenza and other Respiratory Viruses
Volumen12
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - mar. 2018

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Funding Information:
All authors participated in the design or implementation or analysis, interpretation of the study, and the development of this manuscript. All authors had full access to the data and gave final approval before submission. Carita Ng and Margaret Hux report payments to ICON plc from the GSK group of companies for the conduct of the study. Stephen Noorduyn and Edward Thommes report they were employed by the GSK group of companies during the conduct of the study. Melissa K Andrew reports grants from the GSK group of companies, Pfizer, and Sanofi, but no personal payments. Janet McElhaney reports payments from PCIRN for the conduct of the study, and payments to her institution from the GSK group of companies and Sanofi for her participation in advisory boards. Andre Poirier reports payments from Actelion, Sanofi-Pasteur, and Genentech. Jeff Powis reports payments from the GSK group of companies, Merck, Roche, and Synthetic Biologics, outside the submitted work. Rohita Sharma is employed by the GSK group of companies and hold shares in the GSK group of companies. Louis Valiquette reports payments to her institution from the GSK group of companies for the conduct of the study. Grant Stiver reports receiving funding from the GSK group of companies for PCIRN research through the University of British Columbia. Todd Hatchette and Shelly A McNeil report payments to their institution from the GSK group of companies for the conduct of the study, and payments from Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, and Sanofi-Pasteur, outside the submitted work. The following authors have nothing to disclose: May ElSherif, Lingyun Ye, Ron Goeree, Ardith Ambrose, Guy Boivin, William Bowie, Karen Green, Jennie Johnstone, Kevin Katz, Jason Leblanc, Mark Loeb, Donna MacKinnon-Cameron, Anne McCarthy, Allison McGeer, David Richardson, Makeda Semret, Stephanie Smith, Daniel Smyth, Sylvie Trottier, and Duncan Webster.

Funding Information:
This work is funded by the Canadian Immunization Research Network and GlaxoSmithKline (Canada).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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