Health Care : Current Reviews

PREVALENCE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ROTAVIRUS HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG LIBYAN CHILDREN: A PRE-VACCINE IMPACT EVALUATION

Global Health Economics Summit

July 25-26, 2016 Berlin, Germany

Maznah Dahlui

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

The burden of rotavirus hospitalization and its associated economic burden among children aged <5 years was determined just after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in 2013, in Libya. The study aimed to provide the baseline data for future evaluations of vaccine economic impact. A prospective survey of rotavirus infection had been conducted at three public hospitals to estimate the annual incidence of rotavirus hospitalizations in the country since the usual disease surveillance had been distrupted by the civil war. Cost on treatment for rotavirus infection was calculted from the patient�??s and providers perspectives. Of the 410 children aged <5 years who were hospitalized for diarrhea, 58% were confirmed rotavirus infection. The incidence of rotavirus among children aged <5 years was estimated between 418 to 557 per 100,000. 86% of the infection were among children <2 years old and the infection was at its peak during the winter months. The total cost of treatment for each rotavirus patient was USD 679 (range: USD200�??5,423). By extrapolation, we estimated 3,922 rotavirus hospitalizations occur each year among Libyan children aged <5 years, incurring a total cost of USD 2,663,038 (range: 2,655,567-2,669,827). Rotavirus had caused substantial morbidity and economic burden to Libya, highlighting the potential value of rotavirus vaccination for Libyan children.

Biography :

Email: maznahd@ummc.edu.my