Cost and consultation patterns of abdominal pain in Uruguayan children
| Autor: | Beth Marshall, Magali Espana, Pablo Bolioli, Miguel Saps, Carlo Di Lorenzo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Ethnic group Sex Factors Quality of life Health care Global health House call Medicine Humans Child Referral and Consultation Primary Health Care business.industry Public health Gastroenterology Age Factors Health Care Costs Abdominal Pain House Calls El Niño Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Costs and Cost Analysis Quality of Life Uruguay Female medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 46(2) |
| ISSN: | 1536-4801 |
| Popis: | Background: Children with abdominal pain (AP) have worse quality of life and poorer social functioning and school attendance than their healthy peers. This is the first investigation of consultation patterns and costs of AP in South American children. Patients and Methods: All data were collected from Unidad Coronaria Movil in Montevideo, Uruguay. Diagnoses of all house calls during a 4-year period (January 2002 through December 2005) were analyzed. Variances in consultation patterns based on sex and age were investigated. Supply and personnel costs were analyzed and prorated to obtain an accurate estimate of the cost per house call and outpatient visit. Results: A total of 125,945 in-home visits and 1588 outpatient consultations were analyzed. Consultation rates for AP peaked among patients 7 to 9 years of age. Female subjects 9 to 14 years of age consulted significantly more frequently for AP than male subjects in the same age group. The average AP consultation accounted for approximately 3.8% of the per capita health care spending in Uruguay in 2005. Conclusions: AP is a global health problem that is present across ethnicities, nationalities, and geographic locations and is associated with significant health care expenditure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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