Estimating direct healthcare costs attributable to laboratory‐confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based matched cohort study using health administrative data

Author:

Shing, E, Wang, J, Khoo, E, Evans, GA, Moore, S, Nelder, MP, Patel, S, Russell, CB, Sider, D, and Sander, B

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2019-01

Journal/Series title:

Zoonoses and Public Health

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URL:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zph.12560

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to determine healthcare costs attributable to laboratory‐confirmed Lyme disease (LD) from the healthcare payer perspective in Ontario, Canada. A cost‐of‐illness study was conducted for incident LD subjects from 1 January 2006 through 31 December 2013 ascertained from provincial laboratory and reportable disease databases, linked to health administrative data.