Costs and Complications of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Acute Respiratory Infections in the Adult Population: Analysis of a German Claims Database

BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections pose health and economic burdens to adults. Using claims data, we estimated RSV-associated costs, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and complication rates from patients of a nationwide German health insurance database. METHODS: We analyzed confirmed RSV, RSV-possible, and acute respiratory infection (ARI) cohorts, plus 1:1 matched control cohorts of individuals

• Marijic, P.
• Kliemt, R.
• Krammer, M.
• Kolb, N.
• Last, T.
• Ambrosch, A.
• Ewig, S.
• Koczulla, R.
• Schelling, J.
• Vogelmeier, C.
• Waize, M.
• Stierl, M.
• Fonseca, M. J.
• Pedron, S.
• Marijam, A.