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The aim is to assess the annual mortality and hospitalization costs due to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand.

April 12, 2012Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthOpen Access

Mortality and hospitalisation costs of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand

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The aim is to assess the annual mortality and hospitalization costs due to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand.
Analyzed hospital admissions from 2000-2009 for acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease.
Obtained mortality data for rheumatic heart disease from 2000-2007.
Calculated hospitalization costs using diagnosis-related group weights and national price for FY 2009/2010.
Average annual rheumatic heart disease deaths were 159, with a mortality rate of 4.4 per 100,000.
Māori and Pacific peoples had 5-10 times higher mortality rates compared to non-Māori/Pacific.
Annual hospitalization costs averaged $12.0 million, with heart valve surgeries being a significant driver.

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This analysis estimates annual mortality and hospitalization costs for rheumatic conditions in New Zealand, indicating significant ethnic disparities.

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Milne et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a623d2a5a5e300a3289e681 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02446.x

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This analysis estimates annual mortality and hospitalization costs for rheumatic conditions in New Zealand, indicating significant ethnic disparities.

Mortality and hospitalisation costs of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand

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Mortality and hospitalisation costs of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand

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