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Annual economic impacts of seasonal influenza on US counties: Spatial heterogeneity and patterns

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Health Geographics, May 2012
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Title
Annual economic impacts of seasonal influenza on US counties: Spatial heterogeneity and patterns
Published in
International Journal of Health Geographics, May 2012
DOI 10.1186/1476-072x-11-16
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Authors

Liang Mao, Yang Yang, Youliang Qiu, Yan Yang

Abstract

Economic impacts of seasonal influenza vary across US counties, but little estimation has been conducted at the county level. This research computed annual economic costs of seasonal influenza for 3143 US counties based on Census 2010, identified inherent spatial patterns, and investigated cost-benefits of vaccination strategies. The computing model modified existing methods for national level estimation, and further emphasized spatial variations between counties, in terms of population size, age structure, influenza activity, and income level. Upon such a model, four vaccination strategies that prioritize different types of counties were simulated and their net returns were examined. The results indicate that the annual economic costs of influenza varied from $13.9 thousand to $957.5 million across US counties, with a median of $2.47 million. Prioritizing vaccines to counties with high influenza attack rates produces the lowest influenza cases and highest net returns. This research fills the current knowledge gap by downscaling the estimation to a county level, and adds spatial variability into studies of influenza economics and interventions. Compared to the national estimates, the presented statistics and maps will offer detailed guidance for local health agencies to fight against influenza.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Unknown 84 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 17%
Student > Bachelor 14 16%
Researcher 12 14%
Student > Master 12 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Other 11 13%
Unknown 19 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 11%
Social Sciences 6 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 7%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 7%
Other 25 29%
Unknown 23 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 24. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2023.
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#54
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#9,268
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#2
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