Measles and hospitalization data - Dr Susan Jack's acorn
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Health New Zealand,
There is an article online here about measles https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nation...
The articles quotes a Health NZ expert Dr Susan Jack. I will copy and paste:
"Health NZ NPHS protection clinical director Dr Susan Jack said it can affect adults as well as children and babies.
Measles symptoms usually start within 10 to 14 days after the initial exposure to the virus.
...
One out of three people with measles will be sick enough to need hospital care."
Would you please share the notifiable disease data that shows one out of three people with measles have been in hospital care?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
From: Erika Whittome
Dear Health New Zealand,
Before I lodge a complaint with the Ombudsman, would you kindly respond to this OIA request under the Act?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request for information regarding measles data. We
apologise for the delay in responding to you.
The 1 in 3 statistic is based on the last measles outbreak in New Zealand
between 2019 and 2020, when 35% of measles cases were hospitalised. This
information is publicly available on the PHF Science website via their
2020 measles reports,
here: [1]https://www.phfscience.nz/digital-librar...
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear hnzOIA,
Thanks for the response. The link says summary says "8 weekly reports available in this zip file. A total of ten confirmed cases reported for weeks 1-8 of 2020, bringing the total to 2195 since 1 January 2019, with 774 (35.3%) hospitalizations."
OK so this was the hospitalization rate just for the time period 1 Jan 2019 until Mid Feb 2020.
Would you please define Hospitalization in the information you have provide? Was it an acute stay? Or a long-term stay?
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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