Resource utilisation and cost of hospitalisation with community-acquired pneumonia among older adults in India, 2018–2020
Substantial resources were used, and costs were incurred during CAP hospitalisation among older adults. The findings could aid in cost-benefit analyses of interventions to reduce pneumonia burden, including influenza, RSV or pneumococcal vaccination in older adults.
Authors
- Sumit Dutt Bhardwaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-0447)
- Giridara Gopal Parameswaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2238-6843)
- Aslesh Ottapura Prabhakaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9383-0876)
- Suman Kanungo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4441-4443)
- Shivram Dhakad
- Varsha Potdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-7878)
- Prabu Rajkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9839-800X)
- C. P. Girish Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-1028)
- Siddhartha Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7494-267X)
- Eduardo Azziz‐Baumgartner
- Avinash Choudekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0427-7301)
- Kathryn E. Lafond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5018-9591)
- Anand Krishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9173-7811)
- Ritvik Amarchand
- Radhika Gharpure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-5628)
- Rakesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4076-0042)
- Nayani Makkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-9112)
- Ismael R. Ortega‐Sanchez
- Byomkesh Manna
- Alok K. Chakrabarti
- Aashish Choudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-1745)
Institutions
- National Center for Disease Control (IN)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (US)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- ICMR-National Institute of Virology (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001727
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention