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Evaluating the Individual Healthcare Costs and Burden of Disease Associated with RSV Across Age Groups

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  • Ellen Rafferty

    (University of Alberta
    Institute of Health Economics)

  • Mike Paulden

    (University of Alberta)

  • Sarah A. Buchan

    (Public Health Ontario
    University of Toronto)

  • Joan L. Robinson

    (University of Alberta)

  • Julie A. Bettinger

    (BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia)

  • Manoj Kumar

    (University of Alberta)

  • Lawrence W. Svenson

    (University of Alberta
    Alberta Health
    University of Alberta
    University of Calgary)

  • Shannon E. MacDonald

    (University of Alberta
    University of Alberta)

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Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI), with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. RSV costing and burden estimates can highlight the potential benefits of future vaccination programs and are essential for economic evaluations. Objective We aimed to determine RSV healthcare costs across age groups and the overall disease burden of medically attended RSV in Canada. Methods We conducted a retrospective case–control study to estimate the attributable healthcare costs per RSV case in Alberta. We used two case definitions to capture diversity in case severity: laboratory-confirmed RSV and ARI attributable to RSV. Matching occurred on five criteria: (1) age, (2) urban/rural status, (3) sex, (4) prematurity and (5) Charlson Comorbidity Index score. We calculated the age-specific burden of medically attended RSV in Canada from 2010 to 2019 by multiplying the weekly age-specific incidence of medically attended ARI with the RSV positivity rate. Results Costs per laboratory-confirmed RSV case were (in Canadian dollars [CAD], year 2020 values) $CAD12,713 and 40,028 in the first 30 and 365 days following diagnosis, respectively, whereas a case of ARI potentially attributable to RSV cost $CAD316 and 915, in 30 and 365 days, respectively. Older (aged ≥ 65 years) and younger (aged

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  • Ellen Rafferty & Mike Paulden & Sarah A. Buchan & Joan L. Robinson & Julie A. Bettinger & Manoj Kumar & Lawrence W. Svenson & Shannon E. MacDonald, 2022. "Evaluating the Individual Healthcare Costs and Burden of Disease Associated with RSV Across Age Groups," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 40(6), pages 633-645, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:pharme:v:40:y:2022:i:6:d:10.1007_s40273-022-01142-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s40273-022-01142-w
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