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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 145, 期 13, 页码 2678-2682出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268817001649
关键词
Electronic health records; primary healthcare; UK; varicella
资金
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Immunisation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Public Health England (PHE)
- Wellcome Trust [201375/Z/16/Z]
- senior clinical fellowship from Wellcome
- Wellcome Trust [201375/Z/16/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
Childhood varicella vaccination has not yet been introduced in the UK. To inform decision-making about future vaccine programmes, data on the burden of varicella in general practice over a 10-year period (01/01/2005-31/12/2014) was calculated by age and ethnicity, using anonymised data from >8 million individuals in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Varicella consultations peaked at 20 603 in 2007, then decreased annually in all age groups to 11 243 in 2014. Each year, consultation rates were common among infants, were highest among 1-3 year olds (61.2 consultations/1000 person-years in 2007, 39.7/1000 person-years in 2014) and then fell with increasing age to <1.0/1000 person-years at ages >= 20 years. Varicella acquisition appeared to be delayed in some ethnic groups, with lower consultation rates for children aged <3 years but increased rates for older children and adults aged <= 40 years among those of black African, Afro-Caribbean, South Asian or other Asian ethnici4ty. Decreasing general practice consultation rates over time could reflect changes in healthcare utilisation, with patients seeking care in alternative settings such as Accident and Emergency Departments, although current data prevent full assessment of this. Availability of data on varicella diagnoses across all health settings would enable estimation of the total healthcare burden due to varicella and the cost-effectiveness of introducing varicella vaccination.
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