Register-based study on disease burden of bacterial meningitis, and long-term prognosis and resource use of invasive meningococcal disease in Finland (MEN00065)

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Drug utilisation

  Healthcare resource utilisation

  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Socioeconomic outcomes
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Case-control

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Meningitis
• Additional medical condition(s):
  Invasive meningococcal disease

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Population based study. All IMD and bacterial meningitis cases found in Finnish national health register data.
• Age groups:
  All

  Paediatric Population (< 18 years)

  Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)

  Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)

  Children (2 to < 12 years)

  Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)

  Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)

  Adults (18 to < 65 years)

  Adults (18 to < 46 years)

  Adults (46 to < 65 years)

  Elderly (≥ 65 years)

  Adults (65 to < 75 years)

  Adults (75 to < 85 years)

  Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  5000