OBJECTIVES: To estimate the burden of hospitalized @entity1902 of @entity1 younger than 5 years of age and associated costs. METHODS: We analyzed 1997 hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of @entity1902 or a secondary diagnosis of @entity1902 with @entity1902 symptoms or complications as primary diagnosis and compared the @entity204 with those of the national mortality data. RESULTS: @entity1902 was associated with 51,125 hospitalizations which accounted for 11.4% of hospitalization discharges for this age group and an annual rate of 1,385 per 100,000 @entity1 <5-year-old. Most @entity1902 (56%) were registered as "probably infectious", 36% as "viral" (43% of which were coded "rotavirus") and 8% as "bacterial" (of which 60% were coded "Salmonella"). The seasonal peak was winter for @entity11410 " @entity1902 , summer for those related to @entity5746 . Incidence increased inversely with age: 3606/100,000 @entity1 <1-year-old, 257/100,000 4-year-old @entity1 . Complications (especially dehydration) were observed in 21% of @entity1800 and 17% of @entity2348 . At least, 14 @entity204 were found in both hospital discharge and mortality data. The mean duration of stay (3.2 days) was significantly higher in @entity1 <1-year-old, viral etiology, association with complications or @entity5924 . The costs of hospitalization could be estimated to 62 million @entity7634 . DISCUSSION: Our results are similar to those obtained in other developed countries. Despite variations in encoding the discharge reports, data has proven to be effective to describe national trends for this health event. Our study indicates that the public health burden and economic impact of prevention and control measures can be monitored through hospital discharge surveillance.

[Acute gastro-enteritis in XXXX in France: estimates of disease burden through national hospital discharge data].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'infants'] @entity11410 :: ('MESH:D018792', 'Disease') :: ['rotaviral, viral and "probably infectious'] @entity2348 :: ('MESH:D001424', 'Disease') :: ['bacterial gastroenteritis'] @entity1902 :: ('MESH:D005759', 'Disease') :: ['gastroenteritis', 'infectious gastroenteritis', 'Gastroenteritis'] @entity1800 :: ('MESH:D014777', 'Disease') :: ['viral gastroenteritis'] @entity5924 :: ('MESH:D001988', 'Disease') :: ['bronchiolitis'] @entity5746 :: ('MESH:D012480', 'Disease') :: ['salmonellosis'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths'] @entity7634 :: ('9319', 'Species') :: ['Euros']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['children']
