The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
http://www.idpjournal.com/content
[Accessed 10 October 2015]

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Research Article
The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey
Juan Yang, Mark Jit, Kathy Leung, Ya-ming Zheng, Lu-zhao Feng, Li-ping Wang, Eric Lau, Joseph Wu, Hong-jie Yu Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2015, 4:44 (6 October 2015)
Editor’s summary
This study estimated the direct and indirect costs of seasonal influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China from a societal perspective by conducting a retrospective telephone survey. The study is important to provide information on the burden of disease and the cost-effectiveness studies of seasonal influenza vaccination in China.