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9841818

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute lower respiratory tract disease among the elderly, but national estimates of the burden of this disease have not been made. To estimate the morbidity, mortality, and medical costs of RSV-associated pneumonia among US elderly, national hospital discharge data, vital statistics, etiologic studies of adult pneumonia hospitalizations, and Medicare cost data were reviewed. In the United States, 687,000 hospitalizations and 74,000 deaths caused by pneumonia occur annually among the elderly; approximately 2%-9% of these are caused by RSV. At a cost of $11,000 per RSV pneumonia hospitalization, the estimated annual cost of RSV pneumonia hospitalizations is $150-$680 million. Exacerbations of congestive heart failure and other chronic conditions may also contribute substantially to RSV disease burden among the elderly. The total RSV disease burden is probably great enough to justify development of an RSV vaccine for use in this group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
179
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia among the elderly: an assessment of disease burden.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review