RESUMO
To estimate the direct cost of coronary heart disease (CHD) to the Iranian oil industry, we calculated the cost of essential services for 1253 CHD patients admitted to the National Iranian Oil Corporation (NIOC) Central Hospital. The direct cost of CHD at the Hospital was 10940 million rials (US$ 1 = 8000 rials), or 8.7 million rials per patient. The direct cost of CHD to the Iranian oil industry was estimated at 22 770 million rials. Working days lost to workers hospitalized for CHD amounted to 62 832. The heavy burden of CHD on the Iranian oil industry necessitates the introduction of an industry-wide prevention programme.
Assuntos
Doença das Coronárias/economia , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Indústrias Extrativas e de Processamento , Hospitalização/economia , Doenças Profissionais/economia , Petróleo , Absenteísmo , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Doença das Coronárias/epidemiologia , Doença das Coronárias/prevenção & controle , Redução de Custos , Estudos Transversais , Custos Diretos de Serviços/estatística & dados numéricos , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde , Custos Hospitalares/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Incidência , Irã (Geográfico)/epidemiologia , Tempo de Internação/economia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Doenças Profissionais/prevenção & controle , Saúde Ocupacional/estatística & dados numéricos , Serviços de Saúde do Trabalhador/organização & administração , Vigilância da PopulaçãoRESUMO
To estimate the direct cost of coronary heart disease [CHD] to the Iranian oil industry, we calculated the cost of essential services for 1253 CHD patients admitted to the National Iranian Oil Corporation [NIOC] Central Hospital. The direct cost of CHD at the Hospital was 10940 million rials [US$ 1 = 8000 rials], or 8.7 million rials per patient. The direct cost of CHD to the Iranian oil industry was estimated at 22 770 million rials. Working days lost to workers hospitalized for CHD amounted to 62 832. The heavy burden of CHD on the Iranian oil industry necessitates the introduction of an industry-wide prevention programme