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Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia

From August 2006 to July 2007 a prospective study of out-of-pocket costs incurred by care-givers of children hospitalized for rotavirus gastroenteritis was conducted in a hospital in Malaysia. Data on caretaker out-of-pocket costs were collected from 260 children hospitalized with diarrhoea. A stool...

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Main Authors: Chai, P.F., Lee, W.S.
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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R Medicine
RJ Pediatrics
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/1/Out-of-pocket_costs_associated_with_rotavirus_gastroenteritis.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X09012626
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spelling my.um.eprints.108942014-07-10T01:20:30Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/ Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia Chai, P.F. Lee, W.S. R Medicine RJ Pediatrics From August 2006 to July 2007 a prospective study of out-of-pocket costs incurred by care-givers of children hospitalized for rotavirus gastroenteritis was conducted in a hospital in Malaysia. Data on caretaker out-of-pocket costs were collected from 260 children hospitalized with diarrhoea. A stool sample was collected from 198 of these children of which 46 (23) were positive for rotavirus by latex agglutination assay. The mean (median; interquartile range) out-of-pocket cost incurred by the care-givers was US194 (US169: US47-738), constituting 26 of average monthly income of the households surveyed. Major components of the cost were hospital expenses (45) and productivity loss (37). These findings will allow further assessment of the cost-effectiveness of any future rotavirus immunization program in Malaysia. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/1/Out-of-pocket_costs_associated_with_rotavirus_gastroenteritis.pdf Chai, P.F. and Lee, W.S. (2009) Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia. Vaccine, 27. F112-F115. ISSN 0264-410X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X09012626 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.08.069
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topic R Medicine
RJ Pediatrics
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RJ Pediatrics
Chai, P.F.
Lee, W.S.
Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
description From August 2006 to July 2007 a prospective study of out-of-pocket costs incurred by care-givers of children hospitalized for rotavirus gastroenteritis was conducted in a hospital in Malaysia. Data on caretaker out-of-pocket costs were collected from 260 children hospitalized with diarrhoea. A stool sample was collected from 198 of these children of which 46 (23) were positive for rotavirus by latex agglutination assay. The mean (median; interquartile range) out-of-pocket cost incurred by the care-givers was US194 (US169: US47-738), constituting 26 of average monthly income of the households surveyed. Major components of the cost were hospital expenses (45) and productivity loss (37). These findings will allow further assessment of the cost-effectiveness of any future rotavirus immunization program in Malaysia. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author Chai, P.F.
Lee, W.S.
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Lee, W.S.
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title Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
title_short Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
title_full Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
title_fullStr Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia
title_sort out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/1/Out-of-pocket_costs_associated_with_rotavirus_gastroenteritis.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/10894/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X09012626
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