Analysis of the Direct Cost of Medical and Surgical Care for Testicular Cancer in Early and Advanced Stages in a Third Level Medical Facility of the Mexican Social Security Institute

Background: The testicular cancer prevails in the third decade of life, the care cost increases with higher staging of the disease. Objective: Compare the direct costs of medical and surgical attention for testicular cancer in early and advanced stages in a Third Level Medical Facility. Material and Methods: Process study, direct costs of medical attention are evaluated. Number of laboratory studies, imaging studies, and medical and surgical treatment were analyzed. The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 early stages and group 2 advanced stages. Mann Whitney U test was used for the difference between groups. Results: There were 10 patients in each group, Group 1: 8 (80%) seminomas and 2 (20%) non-seminoma, Group 2: 4 (40%) seminomas and 6 (60%) non-seminomas. The average cost of care in Group 2 is higher than in Group 1, 288,827.90 and 145,911.70 Mexican pesos respectively (p=0.00578). Conclusions: The direct cost of medical attention is higher in the advanced stages compared to the early stages (AU)

Objetivo: Comparar los costes directos de atenciónmédica y quirúrgica del cáncer testicular en etapa tempranay avanzada en un hospital de tercer nivel.Material y Métodos: Estudio de proceso, se evalúancostes directos de atención médica. Se analizaron númerode estudios de laboratorio, gabinete y tratamiento médico yquirúrgico. Los pacientes se dividieron en 2 grupos: grupo1 estadios tempranos y grupo 2 estadios avanzados. Se utilizó la prueba de U de Mann Whitney para diferencia entregrupos.Resultados: Fueron 10 pacientes en cada grupo,Grupo 1: 8 (80%) seminomas y 2 (20%) no seminomas,Grupo 2: 4 (40%) seminomas y 6 (60%) no seminomas. Elcoste promedio de atención en el Grupo 2 es mayor que enel Grupo 1, $288,827.90 y $145,911.70 pesos mexicanosrespectivamente (p=0.00578).Conclusiones: El coste directo de atención médica esmayor en los estadios avanzados comparado con los estadios tempranos. (AU)

Guía metodológica para determinar día cama mediante costeo ABC / Guide methodology for determining the day bed by ABC costing

La atención cerrada de salud es muy compleja por la gran variedad de procedimientos y actividades realizadas por las distintas unidades intervinientes, ya sea directa o indirectamente, en la atención de un problema de salud a un paciente hospitalizado, por lo que la cantidad de recursos utilizados es cada vez mayor y hay una creciente dificultad en determinar los costos involucrados en una atención de una patología en particular, por la variedad de costos indirectos incurridos que provienen de los diversos servicios que directa o indirectamente intervienen y, en definitiva, en su asignación al paciente, por lo que uno de los problemas más importantes a resolver de cualquier sistema de costos, es esta asignación, lo cual lleva a exponer una propuesta metodológica que permite identificar y distribuir los diferentes costos que se incurren por las distintas unidades en una atención de salud a partir de la identificación de los inductores de costo involucrados en un día cama de hospitalización. El principal resultado es que es posible incorporar la valorización del día cama y, por tanto reconocer los costos incurridos, lo que permite contar con un instrumento de medición de costos, que pueda ser homologable y aplicable a distintas unidades.

Care closed health is very complex because of the variety of procedures andactivities conducted by the various units involved, either directly or indirectly,in the care of a health problem to a hospitalized patient, so that the amount ofresources used It is increasing and there is increasing difficulty in determiningthe costs involved in care of a pathology in particular for the variety of incurredindirect costs arising from the various services directly or indirectly involvedand, ultimately, in their allocation patient, so one of the most important toresolve any system cost, is this allocation problems, which leads to expose amethodology for identifying and distributing the different costs incurred bythe different care units health from identifying inducers cost involved in a dayhospital bed. The main result is that it is possible to incorporate the valuationday bed and therefore recognize the costs incurred, which allows for a costmeasurement instrument that can be equivalent and applicable to differentunits.

[Telemetric monitoring reduces visits to the emergency room and cost of care in patients with chronic heart failure]. / El seguimiento telemétrico disminuye la visita a la sala de urgencias y coste de atención en enfermos con insuficiencia cardíaca crónica.

BACKGROUND: Tele-cardiology is the use of information technologies that help prolong survival, improve quality of life and reduce costs in health care. Heart failure is a chronic disease that leads to high care costs. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of telemetric monitoring for controlling clinical variables, reduced emergency room visits, and cost of care in a group of patients with heart failure compared to traditional medical consultation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A randomized, controlled and open clinical trial was conducted on 40 patients with Heart failure in a tertiary care centre in north-western Mexico. The patients were divided randomly into 2 groups of 20 patients each (telemetric monitoring, traditional medical consultation). In each participant was evaluated for: blood pressure, heart rate and body weight. The telemetric monitoring group was monitored remotely and traditional medical consultation group came to the hospital on scheduled dates. All patients could come to the emergency room if necessary. RESULTS: The telemetric monitoring group decreased their weight and improved control of the disease (P=.01). Systolic blood pressure and cost of care decreased (51%) significantly compared traditional medical consultation group (P>.05). Admission to the emergency room was avoided in 100% of patients in the telemetric monitoring group. CONCLUSION: In patients with heart failure, the telemetric monitoring was effective in reducing emergency room visits and saved significant resources in care during follow-up.