Regular ArticleWhat can Analysis of Calls to NHS Direct Tell us about the Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Infections in the Community?
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Social patterning of telephone health-advice for diarrhoea and vomiting: analysis of 24 million telehealth calls in England
2019, Journal of InfectionCitation Excerpt :Further, the analyses forming this study are cross-sectional and as such, it is not possible to determine causation. One study by Cooper et al.15 exploring 150,000 GI calls to NHS Direct over a six-month period at three sites found that GI calls accounted for 10.3% of total calls; this proportion was significantly higher among children under 1 year of age (23.5%) and aged 1-4 years (21.5%). This finding is slightly higher than the 6% of calls in our study being classed as GI calls.
Cost-effectiveness of infant vaccination with RIX4414 (Rotarix™) in the UK
2009, VaccineCitation Excerpt :We used a value of one-third, which is towards the lower end of the published range, as a conservative assumption. Cooper et al. found that approximately 10% of all calls to NHS Direct are about symptoms suggestive of gastrointestinal infections, and half of these calls related to children [32]. Discussions with the National Operations Centre of NHS Direct in January 2008 confirmed that the number and demographic distribution of NHS Direct calls had remained consistent since the publication of Cooper's paper.
Evaluating rotavirus vaccination in England and Wales. Part II. The potential cost-effectiveness of vaccination
2007, VaccineCitation Excerpt :We also added 41% of the number NHS Direct calls for rotavirus. This is the proportion of triaged NHS Direct calls made for children under 5 years old with symptoms of gastroenteritis infection, who were advised to use self-care instead of being referred to a GP or A&E department, as reported in a study of three NHS Direct sites [13]. The number of hospital admissions for rotavirus was not included in the total because almost all of these admissions would be from a GP or A&E referral.
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