The United States is in the midst of unprecedented person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks. By using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data, we estimated the average costs per hepatitis A-related hospitalization in 2017. These estimates can guide investment in outbreak prevention efforts to stop the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease.
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; United States; disease outbreaks; hepatitis A; hepatitis A virus; hospital costs; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses.