Cost analysis of care for children admitted to kenyatta national hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis

Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. The costs of care and treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis are high. The objective was to compute average cost of care for children admitted with rotavirus gastroenteritis. A survey w...

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Published in:Vaccine 2011-05, Vol.29 (23), p.4019-4024
Main Authors: Osano, Boniface Ombaba, Wang’ombe, Joseph K, Kamenwa, Rose W, Wamalwa, Dalton
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Allergy and Immunology
Applied microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
children
Children & youth
Cost
cost analysis
Cost of Illness
Costs and Cost Analysis
death
Diarrhea
Fatalities
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - economics
Gastroenteritis - therapy
Gastroenteritis - virology
Health Care Costs
health services
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - economics
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kenya
Male
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Infections - economics
Rotavirus Infections - therapy
Rotavirus Infections - virology
society
surveys
vaccines
Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects)
Virology
Young Adult
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Summary:Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. The costs of care and treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis are high. The objective was to compute average cost of care for children admitted with rotavirus gastroenteritis. A survey was conducted in children admitted with a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis in Nairobi, Kenya. These were recruited and followed up till discharge or death. The costs they incurred were collected and the average costs were calculated. We concluded that rotavirus gastroenteritis leads to considerable resource utilization in health care settings and the society.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.03.053