Respiratory viral infections in infancy and school age respiratory outcomes and healthcare costs.
Victoria MacBeanSimon B DrysdaleMuska N YarziJanet L PeacockGerrard F RaffertyAnne GreenoughPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)
In moderately prematurely born children, RV and RSV LRTIs in infancy were not associated with higher respiratory healthcare costs after infancy. Children who experienced LRTIs caused by other respiratory viruses (including RV) had higher respiratory healthcare costs and greater pulmonary function impairment.