Healthcare resource utilisation and cost of pneumococcal disease from 2003 to 2019 in children ≤17 years in England.
Salini MohantyBélène PodmoreAna Cuñado MoralIan MatthewsEric SarpongAgueda AzpeitiaNawab QizilbashPublished in: PloS one (2023)
From 2003-2019, primary care HCRU and costs decreased (except for PP cost), but no trends in inpatient HCRU and costs were observed. The economic burden of pneumonia, IPD and AOM remains substantial in children aged ≤17 years in England.