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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Research

Economic Burden of West Nile Virus Disease, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013

Najwa Ouhoummane, Eric Tchouaket, Anne-Marie Lowe, Ann Fortin, Dahlia Kairy, Anne Vibien, Jessica Kovitz-Lensch, Terry-Nan Tannenbaum1, and François MilordComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut National de Santé Publique du Quebec, Quebec City, Canada (N. Ouhoummane, A. Fortin, F. Milord); Université du Quebec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (E. Tchouaket); Public Health Agency of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (A.-M. Lowe); Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (D. Kairy); Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montreal Métropolitain, Montreal (D. Kairy); Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie Est-Hôpital Honoré Mercier, St.-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada (A. Vibien, J. Kovitz-Lensch); Institut National de Santé Publique de Montreal, Montreal (T.-N. Tannenbaum); Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (F. Milord)

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Table 4

Characteristics for 79 WNV patients needing medical and paramedical services and other expenses by clinical syndrome <2 y after the acute phase of infection Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013*

Characteristic WNF, n = 24 WNM, n = 17 WNE, n = 38†
Inpatient rehabilitation
No. (%) 0 1 (6) 6(13)
No. days, median (range)
 0
 21
 75 (30–120)
Physiotherapy
No. (%) 2 (8) 3 (18) 6 (16)
No. visits, median (range)
 20‡
 28 (8–48)‡
 32 (24–48)
Occupational therapy
No. (%) 0 0 4 (11)
No. visits, median (range)
 0
 0
 24 (3–32)
Speech therapy
No. (%) 0 0 3 (8)
No. visits, median (range)
 0
 0
 3 (1–3)
Home care
No. (%) 1 (4) 0 2 (5)
No. hours, median (range)
 1
 0
 2 (1–3)
Primary care physician visits
No. (%) 15 (63) 12 (71) 25 (66)
No. visits, median (range)
 2 (1–12)
 4 (2–18)
 2 (1–12)
Neurologist visits
No. (%) 1 (4) 6 (35) 14 (37)
No. visits, median (range)
 1
 3 (2–4)
 1 (1–4)
Medications
No. (%)
 7 (29)
 10 (59)
 15 (39)
Medical equipment
No. (%) 1 (4) 1 (6) 6 (16)
No. using equipment, median (range)
 3
 2
 2 (1–3)
Household chores
No. (%)
 0
 0
 2 (5)
Absence from work among workers
No. (%) 6/8 (75) 15/15 (100) 16/16 (100)
No. days, median (range)
 21 (5–60)
 60 (7–180)
 90 (30–365)§
Absence from work to care for a patient
No. (%) 1 (4) 8 (47) 10 (26)
No. days, median (range)
 3
 5 (2–14)
 7 (1–60)
Other personal expenses
No. (%) 5 (21) 11 (65) 26 (68)

*WNE, West Nile encephalitis; WNF, West Nile fever; WNM, West Nile meningitis; WNV, West Nile virus.
†Includes WNE (n = 19), meningoencephalitis (n = 18), and acute flaccid paralysis (n = 1).
‡Visits number missing for 1 participant.
§Excluding 1 participant who reported stopping work because of his WNV infection.

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1Deceased.

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