Economic burden of acute otitis media, pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the United States after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines during 2014-2018

• Main Authors: Tianyan Hu (Author), Yan Song (Author), Nicolae Done (Author), Salini Mohanty (Author), Qing Liu (Author), Eric M. Sarpong (Author), Esteban Lemus-Wirtz (Author), James Signorovitch (Author), Thomas Weiss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare resource utilization (HRU) among children. This study quantified HRU and cost of acute otitis media (AOM), pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Methods The IBM MarketScan® Comm...