title: [Economic burden of inpatient of varicella in Shandong, Gansu and Hunan provinces, 2007].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analysis the economic burden of varicella inpatient in China, 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  In three provinces, the sample places stratified by economic status in district, county and township level and were selected. 185 varicella inpatients were sampled and analysized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cost of inpatient was 4025.86 RMB per case, including RMB 2952.6 direct cost and RMB 1073.26 indirect cost per case. The total cost of varicella inpatient in China was RMB 103 million in 2007.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The disease burden is heavy in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of National Immunization Programme, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Yin-Peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Da
authors.forename: Lin-Yun
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Li-Zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male