Comparing the Epidemiology and Health Burden of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis Hospitalizations in the United States
Bloch E, Zhu X, Krause P, Patel E, Grabowski M, Goel R, Auwaerter P, Tobian A. Comparing the Epidemiology and Health Burden of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis Hospitalizations in the United States. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac597. PMID: 36467296, PMCID: PMC9709699, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Inpatient SampleLyme diseaseMale patientsAnnual incidenceHealth burdenLonger hospital stayMean hospital chargesHigher inpatient costsHospital-level variablesStratified systematic random sampleUS Census Bureau dataPerson/yearHospital stayPatient demographicsHospital admissionClinical outcomesHospital chargesInpatient costsInpatient hospitalizationInpatient SampleAdmission costsHospitalizationUS hospitalsDisease severitySystematic random sample