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. 2020 May;26(5):1040-1041.
doi: 10.3201/eid2605.191224.

Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017

Megan G Hofmeister, Shaoman Yin, Maria V Aslam, Eyasu H Teshale, Philip R Spradling

Hepatitis A Hospitalization Costs, United States, 2017

Megan G Hofmeister et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 May.

Abstract

The United States is in the midst of unprecedented person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks. By using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data, we estimated the average costs per hepatitis A-related hospitalization in 2017. These estimates can guide investment in outbreak prevention efforts to stop the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease.

Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; United States; disease outbreaks; hepatitis A; hepatitis A virus; hospital costs; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses.

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