Burden of infant bronchiolitis: data from a hospital network.
In France, surveillance of bronchiolitis is based on a pilot network of hospital emergency departments. The study was a 1-year observational study (2007-2008) carried out in a central region of metropolitan France. The hospitalization rate for bronchiolitis was 17.7/1000 children aged <1 year and the estimated prevalence of bronchiolitis ranged from 17.7% to 34.4% in children aged <1 year. Such a network constitutes a valuable tool to estimate the dynamic and the burden of infant bronchiolitis.
Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France. d.che@invs.sante.fr
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D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance