Burden of influenza in Germany: a retrospective claims database analysis for the influenza season 2012/2013

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 669-679

  Haas, Jennifer ^a   Braun, Sebastian ^a   Wutzler, Peter ^b  

^a Xcenda GmbH   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Claims data; Germany; Influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84935103746     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-015-0708-7     Document Type: Article

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