Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Research
Estimating Effect of Antiviral Drug Use during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak, United States
Table 5
Estimates of hospitalizations averted, by age group, assuming lower and upper estimates of influenza antiviral drug effectiveness, United States, 2009–2010*
Drug effectiveness estimate | No. hospitalizations averted, by patient age group, y, median (range) |
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0–17 | 18–64 | >65 | Total | |
Lower | 1,848 (1,527–2,081) | 5,158 (4,264–5,803) | 1,421 (1,171–1,595) | 8,427 (6,961–9,479) |
Upper | 2,687 (2,221–3,027) | 7,586(6,270–8,534) | 2,368 (1,951–2,659) | 12,641 (10,442–14,219) |
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