Infantile gastroenteritis in the community: a cost-of-illness study

Lorgelly, P. K., Joshi, D., Iturriza Gómara, M., Flood, C., Hughes, C. A., Dalrymple, J., Gray, J. and Mugford, M. (2008) Infantile gastroenteritis in the community: a cost-of-illness study. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 (1). pp. 34-43. ISSN 0950-2688

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Abstract

Rotavirus infections are the main cause of gastroenteritis in infants and children and it is expected that by the age of 5 years, nearly every child will have experienced at least one episode of rotavirus gastroenteritis. While severe cases are hospitalized, milder disease is either treated at home or by the GP, and as such the true prevalence of rotavirus infection in the community, and the burden of disease, is unknown. This paper reports the results of a cost-of-illness study which was conducted alongside a structured community surveillance study. Forty-eight percent of our sample was found to have rotavirus acute gastroenteritis; and the average total cost of a child presenting with rotavirus gastroenteritis ranged between pound sterling 59 and pound sterling 143 per episode, depending on the perspective. Given the prevalence and severity of the disease, the estimated burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis to society is pound sterling 11.5 million per year.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	18 May 2011 13:27
Last Modified:	10 Jan 2024 01:22
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/30809
DOI:	10.1017/S0950268807008163

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