Here are other key findings from the brief, “Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Inpatient Stays for Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza, 2008–2009.”
• The rate of ED visits for influenza was 417.5 per 100,000 population in 2009 compared with 161.8 per 100,000 population in 2008.
• The rate of hospitalizations for influenza was 53.1 per 100,000 population in 2009 compared with 29.1 per 100,000 population in 2008.
• Inpatient stays for influenza cost $11,000 each in 2009 compared with $8,500 in 2008.
• The rate of ED visits for children aged six to 17 were five times higher in 2009 than in 2008.
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