Estimating direct healthcare costs attributable to laboratory‐confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based matched cohort study using health administrative data
Title | Estimating direct healthcare costs attributable to laboratory‐confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based matched cohort study using health administrative data |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Shing E, Wang J, Khoo E, Evans GA, Moore S, Nelder MP, Patel SN, Russell C, Sider D, Sander B |
Journal | Zoonoses and Public Health |
Volume | 66 |
Issue | 4 |
Date Published | 01/2019 |
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. |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zph.12560 |