The economic burden of rotavirus infection in South Korea from 2009 to 2012

Kyung Suk Lee, Ye-Rin Lee, So-Youn Park and In-Hwan Oh

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: Rotavirus is a common cause of diarrhea worldwide, and vaccination prevents rotaviral gastroenteritis. Since the rotavirus vaccine was introduced in Korea in 2007, the prevalence of rotaviral gastroenteritis has decreased. However, little is known on the economic burden of rotavirus infection and its variations in Korea. Here, we estimated the economic costs of rotavirus infection from 2009 to 2012 using nationwide data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) claims. Socioeconomic costs were subdivided into direct and indirect and measured with a prevalence-based approach. Costs were converted from Won to United States dollars (US$). The number of children

Date: 2018
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