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Figures & data
Table 1. Baseline characteristics.
Table 2. Healthcare utilization during the 6-month follow-up period.
Figure 1. Patient attrition. During the three influenza seasons observed between 2016–2019, 335,637 patients (209,571 treated and 126,066 untreated patients) met study inclusion criteria. The final matched cohort contained 116,901 matched patient pairs.
Figure 2. Acute complications† and mortality. Treated patients had lower rates of acute complications and mortality during the follow-up period (6 months after index date, defined as date of first claim with an influenza diagnosis).
Figure 3. Healthcare costs (adjusted to 2019 US Dollars) during the 6-month follow-up period. Healthcare utilization and costs were generally statistically significantly lower in treated patients than in untreated patients.
Appendix Table 1.
Availability of data and materials
The data that support the findings of this study originate from Medicare data, which are available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid through ResDAC (https://www.resdac.org/).