This study aims at assessing the impact of RV vaccination in hospitals in Nagoya City (administrative district), Japan, where RV vaccines have been introduced since November 2011 and financial support for vaccination costs by Nagoya city, Japan have been implemented from October 2012.
The electronic admission database or any other applicable database of the hospital will be reviewed to identify hospitalized children/children with outpatient visits/emergency room visits, less than five years of age who had been diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) or RV GE either by the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD 10) diagnostic code (AA00-AA09 for intestinal infectious diseases and A08.0 for RV specific GE) or by RV positive rapid diagnosis kit results. Note: The outcomes for the outpatient and emergency room visits will be assessed only in case the data for outpatient and emergency room visits can be obtained from at least one of the study centers.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
5,394
Data sheet. Data will be collected and is planned to be analysed at the following time points: Pre-vaccination period: Nov 2007 to Oct 2011, transition period: Nov 2011 to Oct 2012 and post vaccination period: Nov 2012 to Oct 2016.
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
Occurrence of RV GE hospitalizations among all hospitalized children aged less than five years.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of RV GE hospitalizations among AGE hospitalizations in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of RV GE hospitalizations by age group in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of AGE hospitalizations among all hospitalized children aged less than five years.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of outpatient visits for AGE among all outpatient visits in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of outpatient visits for RV GE among all outpatient visits in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of outpatient visits for RV GE among AGE outpatient visits in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Duration of hospitalizations for RV GE or AGE, overall, for each year, season in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
Occurrence of hospitalizations for RV GE among all emergency visits for RV GE in children less than five years of age.
Time frame: From Nov 2007 to Oct 2016
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GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan
GSK Investigational Site
Aichi, Japan