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Economic cost of campylobacter, norovirus and rotavirus disease in the United Kingdom

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sarah O'Brien

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Abstract

© 2016 Tam, O'Brien. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Objectives To estimate the annual cost to patients, the health service and society of infectious intestinal disease (IID) from Campylobacter, norovirus and rotavirus. Design Secondary data analysis. Setting The United Kingdom population, 2008â€"9. Main outcome measures Cases and frequency of health services usage due to these three pathogens; associated healthcare costs; direct, out-of-pocket expenses; indirect costs to patients and caregivers. Results The median estimated costs to patients and the health service at 2008â€"9 prices were: Campylobacter £50 million (95% CI: £33mâ€"£75m), norovirus £81 million (95% CI: £63mâ€" £106m), rotavirus £25m (95% CI: £18mâ€"£35m). The costs per case were approximately £30 for norovirus and rotavirus, and £85 for Campylobacter. This was mostly borne by patients and caregivers through lost income or out-of-pocket expenditure. The cost of Campylobacter- related Guillain-Barrà syndrome hospitalisation was £1.26 million (95% CI: £0.4mâ€"£4.2m). Conclusions Norovirus causes greater economic burden than Campylobacter and rotavirus combined. Efforts to control IID must prioritise norovirus. For Campylobacter, estimated costs should be considered in the context of expenditure to control this pathogen in agriculture, food production and retail. Our estimates, prior to routine rotavirus immunisation in the UK, provide a baseline vaccine cost-effectiveness analyses.


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Author(s): Tam CC, O'Brien SJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: PLoS ONE

Year: 2016

Volume: 11

Issue: 2

Online publication date: 01/02/2016

Acceptance date: 01/09/2015

Date deposited: 22/08/2019

ISSN (electronic): 1932-6203

Publisher: Public Library of Science

URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138526

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138526

PubMed id: 26828435


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