[The investigation on economic burden with outpatient of varicella in Shandong, Gansu and Hunan provinces in 2007].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the economic burden of outpatient with varicella in China in 2007.


METHODS
In three provinces, the sample were places are stratified by economic condition in district, county and township level. 811 outpatient cases were sampled and analysized.


RESULTS
The cost of outpatient was 493.66 RMB per case, including direct expenses 219.52 RMB and indirect expenses 274.14 RMB per case. The total cost of outpatient varicella in China was 2.3 billion RMB in 2007.


CONCLUSIONS
The disease burden was heavy in China.
Yin
Da-Peng
DP
National Immunization Programme, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Song
Li-Zhi
LZ
Zhang
Xiao-Shu
XS
D002644:Chickenpox / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients