Hospital Services, the Veneto Region, Rio Novo, Italy.
BMC Public Health. 2010 Oct 22;10:636. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-636.
This study evaluates the epidemiological impact of RVGE hospitalisation in the Veneto Region during the period spanning from 2000-2007 along with the associated costs. The analysis was conducted in an area where rotavirus vaccination is not included into immunization programmes and is an attempt to assess the potential benefits of such introduction.
To update the estimates of acute RVGE hospitalisation rates in children ≤5 years in the Veneto Region, we conducted an 8 year retrospective observational population-based analysis (2000-2007).
Over the study period, a total of 4,119 admissions for RVGE were reported, with a mean hospital stay of 3.5 days. The population-based hospitalisation RVGE incidence rate was 195.8 per 100,000 children aged ≤5 years (lower than other European countries).
RVGE is an important cause of paediatric hospitalisation in the Veneto Region. The data reaffirm the substantial burden of rotavirus hospitalisations in children and the potential health benefits of the vaccination as well as the possibility of adding rotavirus vaccination to the current schedule.
本研究评估了 2000-2007 年期间威尼托地区轮状病毒肠胃炎住院的流行病学影响及其相关成本。该分析在未将轮状病毒疫苗接种纳入免疫规划的地区进行，旨在评估引入该疫苗的潜在效益。
为更新威尼托地区≤5 岁儿童急性轮状病毒肠胃炎住院率的估计值，我们进行了为期 8 年的回顾性观察性基于人群的分析（2000-2007 年）。
在研究期间，共报告了 4119 例轮状病毒肠胃炎住院病例，平均住院时间为 3.5 天。≤5 岁儿童基于人群的轮状病毒肠胃炎住院发病率为 195.8/10 万（低于其他欧洲国家）。
轮状病毒肠胃炎是威尼托地区儿童住院的重要原因。这些数据再次证实了轮状病毒住院治疗给儿童带来的巨大负担，以及接种疫苗带来的潜在健康效益，同时也为在当前免疫规划中添加轮状病毒疫苗提供了可能性。
