%0 Journal Article %T The population based socioeconomic burden of pediatric influenza-associated hospitalization in Hong Kong. %+ Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine %+ Department of Microbiology [HKU] %+ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine %+ Centre de recherche Université de Hong-Kong-Pasteur %A Chiu, Susan S %A Chan, Kwok-Hung %A So, Lok Yee %A Chen, Robin %A Chan, Eunice L y %A Peiris, J. S. M. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0264-410X %J Vaccine %I Elsevier %P epub ahead of print %8 2012-01-02 %D 2012 %R 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.027 %M 22222872 %K Influenza %K Socioeconomic burden %K Pediatric %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/VirologyJournal articles %X We described the monetary and non-monetary cost incurred by children hospitalized for virologically confirmed influenza virus infection in a population-based prospective 3-year study. The mean direct and indirect cost of each child hospitalized was $1217.82 (95% CI, 1111.54-1324.23) and $1328.33 (95% CI, $1136.79-1520.00) for influenza A and B, respectively. School age patients took a mean (SD) of 4.70 (3.05) days and 5.31 (3.62) days of sick leave for influenza A and B infection, respectively. Pediatric influenza A and B hospitalization was associated with 662-1046 days of school absenteeism and 214-336 days of parental work loss per 10,000 population <18 years of age per year. We showed that the cost incurred by hospitalization alone, was comparable to the cost of annual universal pediatric influenza vaccination especially in children 6 months to under 6 years of age and vaccination would result in much larger cost-savings when non-monetary costs are included. %G English %L pasteur-00658707 %U https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00658707 %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_HONGKONG