The burden of selected vaccine-preventable diseases on the secondary care health system in England: Results from a five-year administrative healthcare dataset

•Resurgence of VPDs has been observed in England. The number of NHS 2ndry care episodes relating to 6 VPDs is reported here.•We show that these VPDs are associated with substantial cost and resource use burden on the healthcare system.•Notably an unexpectedly high number of polio cases was observed...

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Published in:	Vaccine Vol. 40; no. 48; pp. 6939 - 6946
Main Authors:	Rabe, Adrian Paul J., Costello, Paul, Were, John J., Farrer, Archie, Hudson, Richard D.A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 15-11-2022 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Adults Age Antigens Datasets Diagnosis Diphtheria Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine Economic burden Haemophilus Infections - epidemiology Haemophilus influenzae type b Haemophilus Vaccines Health care Health services Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Vaccines Hospital costs Humans Immunization Infant Infectious diseases Injections Length of stay Mortality Patients Pertussis Poliomyelitis Public health Retirement Secondary Care Secondary healthcare State Medicine Tariffs Tetanus Vaccination Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Vaccines Vaccines, Combined Whooping cough Whooping Cough - epidemiology Whooping Cough - prevention & control United Kingdom > UK England Vaccine-preventable diseases Secondary healthcare Economic burden Vaccines
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