Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research
Burden and Cost of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Children, Singapore
Table 1
Estimated RSV-associated hospitalizations and primary care consultations, Singapore, 2014
Age, mo | Outcome | Total no. cases (95% CI) | No. cases/1,000 person-years (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|
Hospitalizations | |||
<6 | All diagnoses | 708 (664–765) | 33.5 (31.4–36.2) |
Bronchiolitis | 637 (604–671) | 30.2 (28.6–31.8) | |
Pneumonia | 54 (30–99) | 2.6 (1.4–4.7) | |
Pneumonia with complications |
15 (7–29) |
0.7 (0.3–1.4) |
|
6–29 | All diagnoses | 1,096 (994–1,269) | 13.2 (12–15.3) |
Bronchiolitis | 826 (793–862) | 9.9 (9.5–10.4) | |
Pneumonia | 203 (115–372) | 2.4 (1.4–4.5) | |
Pneumonia with complications |
63 (38–110) |
0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
|
Primary care consultations | |||
<6 | ARI | 3,600 (3,120–4,130) | 170.5 (147.8–195.6) |
6–29 | ARI | 5,700 (5,010–6,450) | 68.6 (60.3–77.6) |
*Estimates are expressed as the medians from 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations. Note that the sum of medians from individual diagnoses does not equal the median for all diagnoses combined. ARI, acute respiratory illness; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.
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