Influenza-like illness, deaths and health care costs

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British Journal of Healthcare ManagementVol. 21, No. 12 Money MattersInfluenza-like illness, deaths and health care costsRod JonesRod JonesSearch for more papers by this authorRod JonesPublished Online:14 Dec 2015https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2015.21.12.587AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Ellis J, Galiano M, Pebody R, et al. (2011) Virological analysis of fatal influenza cases in the United Kingdom during the early wave of influenza in winter 2010/11. Euro Surveil 16(1): Available at: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19760 Google ScholarHealth Protection Agency (2010) Weekly national influenza report, 08 January 2010 (week 01). Available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140714084352/ http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1262704894811 Google ScholarJones R (2013) Analysing excess winter mortality: 2012/13. BJHCM 19(12): 601–5 Google ScholarJones R (2014a) Infectious-like Spread of an Agent Leading to Increased Medical Admissions and Deaths in Wigan (England), during 2011 and 2012. Brit J Med Res 4(28): 4723–41 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2014b) A study of an unexplained and large increase in respiratory deaths in England and Wales: is the pattern of diagnoses consistent with the potential involvement of cytomegalovirus? Brit J Med Medical Res 4(33): 5179–92 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015a) A previously uncharacterized infectious-like event leading to spatial spread of deaths across England and Wales: Characteristics of the most recent event and a time series for past events. Brit J Med Medical Res 5(11): 1361–80 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015b) Unexpected and Disruptive Changes in Admissions Associated with an Infectious-like Event Experienced at a Hospital in Berkshire, England around May of 2012. Brit J Med Medical Res 6(1): 56–76 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015c) Recurring outbreaks of an infection apparently targeting immune function, and consequent unprecedented growth in medical admission and costs in the United Kingdom: A Review. Brit J Med Medical Res 6(8): 735–70 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015d) Are emergency admissions contagious? BJHCM 21(5): 227–35 Google ScholarJones R (2015e) Unexpected increase in deaths from Alzheimer's, dementia and other neurological disorders in England and Wales during 2012 and 2013. J Neuroinfectious Dis 6: 172 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015f) Small area spread and step-like changes in emergency medical admissions in response to an apparently new type of infectious event. Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology 1(2): 42–54 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2016) Is cytomegalovirus involved in recurring periods of higher than expected death and medical admissions, occurring as clustered outbreaks in the northern and southern hemispheres? Brit J Med Medical Res 11(2): 1–31 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R, Goldeck D (2014) Unexpected and unexplained increase in death due to neurological disorders in 2012 in England and Wales: Is cytomegalovirus implicated? Medical Hypotheses 83(1): 25–31 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R, Beauchant S (2015) Spread of a new type of infectious condition across Berkshire in England between June 2011 and March 2013: Effect on medical emergency admissions. Brit J Med Medical Res 6(1): 126–48 Crossref, Google ScholarOffice for National Statistics (2015) Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales 2014/15. Available at: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health2/excess-winter-mortality-in-england-and-wales/2014-15--provisional--and-2013-14--final-/index.html Google ScholarPublic Health England (2015) PHE Weekly National Influenza Report Summary of UK surveillance of influenza and other seasonal respiratory illnesses 22 January 2015–Week 4 report (up to week 3 data). Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397454/Weekly_report_current_week_4x.pdf Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 December 2015Volume 21Issue 12ISSN (print): 1358-0574ISSN (online): 1759-7382 Metrics History Published online 14 December 2015 Published in print 2 December 2015 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download