Health and economic burden of influenza‐associated illness in South Africa, 2013‐2015
Health and economic burden of influenza‐associated illness in South Africa, 2013‐2015
Economic burden estimates are essential to guide policy-making for influenza vaccination, especially in resource-limited settings.We estimated the cost, absenteeism, and years of life lost (YLL) of medically and non-medically attended influenza-associated mild and severe respiratory, circulatory and non-respiratory/non-circulatory illness in South Africa during 2013-2015 using a modified version of the …