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Table 1 Data extraction summary of unit cost and health resource utilization items

From: Economic burden of varicella in Europe in the absence of universal varicella vaccination

Cost item

No.

Countries

Cost of physician visit

10

CH [18], FR [19,20,21],DE [5, 19],ES [8, 22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29],HU [30],IT [31, 32],NL [33],NO [9],PL [34], UK [35,36,37]

Cost of ER visit

4

ES [8, 23,24,25, 27],HU [30],NO [9],PL [34]

Cost of hospital visit

3

HU [30],NO [9],PL [34]

Cost of hospitalization

11

CH [18],BE [38],DE [5, 19, 39],ES [22,23,24, 26,27,28, 40,41,42,43,44,45],FR [20, 21, 46, 47],HU [30], IT [31, 32, 48, 49], NO [9], NL [33], PL [34],UK [35,36,37, 50]

Cost of ICU stay

4

DE [5, 39],ES [28],HU [30],IT [48]

Cost of OTC medications

7

CH [18], DE [5], ES [22,23,24,25, 29], HU [30],IT [32],PL [34],UK [35]

Cost of other health visit

2

HU [30],PL [34]

Cost of prescription medications

5

ES [23, 25],HU [30],IT [31, 32],PL [34],UK [35,36,37]

Cost of tests/procedures

4

CH [18],ES [45],HU [30],PL [34]

Health resource utilization item

No. C

Countries

Length of hospitalization

16

BE [38, 51],CH [52],CZ [53],DK [54],DE [55,56,57],EL [58],ES [22, 24, 25, 40,41,42,43,44,45, 59,60,61,62],FR [46, 47, 63,64,65,66,67],HU [30],IT [48, 49, 68, 69], NL [70],NO [71],PO [34, 72,73,74],RO [75],SE [76] UK [35, 36, 50]

No. Work days lost: caregivers (inpatient)

4

BE [38],HU [30],PL [34],UK [35]

No. Work days lost: caregivers (outpatient)

10

BE [38],FR [19, 46, 64],DE [5, 19, 57, 77],ES [8, 23, 25],HU [30],IT [31, 32, 78],NL [33, 70], PL [34],SE [76],UK [35]

No. Work days lost: adults (inpatient)

2

BE [38],UK [35]

No. Work days lost: adults (outpatient)

7

CH [18],DE [5, 19, 77],ES [8, 25],FR [19,20,21, 46, 64],IT [31, 49],NL [33],UK [35]

Utilization ER visit

4

ES [8],HU [30],PL [34],NL [79]

Utilization hospital visit

2

HU [30],PL [34]

Utilization ICU stay

2

HU [30], IT [48]

Utilization OTC medications

4

ES [24],HU [30],IT [32],PL [34]

Utilization other health visit

2

HU [30],PL [34]

Utilization prescription medication

5

ES [8, 80],HU [30],IT [31, 32, 81],NL [79, 82], PL [34]

Utilization tests/procedures

3

ES [8],HU [30],PL [34]

  1. Abbreviations: BE Belgium, BG Bulgaria, CH Switzerland, CZ Czechia, DE Germany, DK Denmark, EE Estonia, EL Greece, ER Emergency Room, ES Spain, FR France, HR Croatia, HU Hungary, ICU Intensive Care Unit, IE Ireland, Inpt Inpatient, IT Italy, LV Latvia, LT Lithuania, LU Luxembourg, MT Malta, NL Netherlands, NO Norway, OTC over-the-counter, PL Poland, PT Portugal, RO Romania, SE Sweden, SI Slovenia, SK Slovakia, UK United Kingdom