Table 4.

Hospitalization rate and duration of stay due to varicella.

Study	Study description/Population	Hospitalization rate	Average duration of stay
Turkey
Dinleyici 201215	VARICOMP: Children between age 0–15 y hospitalized due to varicella, October 2008 to September 2010	Overall estimated incidence of varicella-related hospitalization: 5.3–6.9 per 100,000 children per year	6 d (median) 11 d in ICU (median)
Dinleyici 201510	VARICOMP: Children between age 0–15 y hospitalized due to breakthrough varicella, October 2008 to September 2013	NR	8 d (median)
Dinleyici 2016*67	VARICOMP: Varicella-related hospitalization among children aged 1–5 y Pre-UVV era Post-UVV era	6.1–9.1 per 100,000 children per year 3.1–4.3 per 100,000 children per year	NR
Turel 201364	Study of 186 patients hospitalized with varicella, November 2006 to June 2011	74.2% of patients were aged < 3 y, of which 64.2% were ≤ 1 y	5 d (median)
Kurugol 201114	Study of 466 cases of breakthrough varicella in vaccinated children, and 723 cases of varicella in unvaccinated children	0.2% of children in the vaccinated group and 0.6% in the unvaccinated group	NR
Koturoglu 200563	Study of 178 cases in children between 2007 and 2011	NR	6.2 d (mean)
UAE
Uduman24	187 hospitalized during 2000–2004 (pre-UVV era)	NR	7.5 d (mean)
Abro 200962	Study period March 2005 to February 2008 (pre-UVV era)	NR	7.45 d (mean)
Saudi Arabia
Almuneef 200621	Data collection period June 1, 2001, to December 30, 2003 (Pre-UVV era)	Hospitalization rate due to varicella: 2,050 per 100,000 reported cases	NR

ICU, intensive care unit; NR, not reported; UVV, universal varicella vaccine.

*Denotes gray data.