Cost of neurocysticercosis patients treated in two referral hospitals in Mexico City, Mexico.
Trop Med Int Health
; 20(8): 1108-19, 2015 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To estimate annual costs related to the diagnosis, treatment and productivity losses among patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC) receiving treatment at two referral hospitals, the Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia (INNN) and the Hospital de Especialidades of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (HE-IMSS), in Mexico City from July 2007 to August 2008.METHODS:
Information on presenting clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, hospitalisations, surgical procedures and other treatments received by NCC outpatients was collected from medical charts, and supplemented by an individual questionnaire regarding productivity losses and out-of-pocket expenses related to NCC.RESULTS:
The annual average per-patient direct costs were US$ 503 (95% CI 414-592) and US$ 438 (95% CI 322-571) for patients without a history of hospitalisation and/or surgery seen at the INNN and the HE-IMSS, respectively. These costs increased to US$ 2506 (95% CI 1797-3215) and US$ 2170 (95% CI 1303-3037), respectively, for patients with a history of hospitalisation and/or surgery. The average annual per-patient indirect costs were US$ 246 (95% CI 165-324) and US$ 114 (95% CI 51-178), respectively, using minimum salary wages for individuals not officially employed.CONCLUSIONS:
The total annual cost for patients who had and had not been hospitalised and/or undergone a surgical procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of NCC corresponded to 212% and 41% of an annual minimum wage salary, respectively. The disease tends to affect rural socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and creates health disparities and significant economic losses in Mexico.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Derivación y Consulta
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Gastos en Salud
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Neurocisticercosis
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Hospitalización
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
País/Región como asunto:
Mexico
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En
Revista:
Trop Med Int Health
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2015
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Article