Snakebite envenomation in the Brazilian Amazon: a cost-of-illness study
| Autor: | Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Hiochelson Najibe Santos Ibiapina, Eliane Campos Alves, Henry Maia Peixoto, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira, Sâmella Silva de Oliveira, Samara Freire Valente Magalhães |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Total cost 030231 tropical medicine Snake Bites 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cost of Illness Environmental health Cost of illness Medicine Humans Economic impact analysis Envenomation Productivity Amazon rainforest business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Health Care Costs Hospitalization 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Parasitology business Medical costs Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 114(9) |
| ISSN: | 1878-3503 |
| Popis: | Background Snakebites account for significant morbidity and mortality. Their occurrence in the Brazilian Amazon warrants an analysis that will enable better understanding of their economic impact and thus contribute to their management and prevention. This study aimed to estimate the cost of snakebite envenomation in the Brazilian Amazon in 2015. Methods We conducted a cost-of-illness study of snakebite in the Brazilian Amazon in 2015 based on official surveillance data to estimate burden from a societal, patient and public health system perspective. Direct medical costs were estimated via a top-down approach. Loss of productivity was estimated by a human capital approach. Results The study included 11 503 cases and 56 deaths. The estimated cost to the health system was US$3.115.861,28. The estimated cost due to premature death caused by snakebite was US$3031 300.38. The cost attributed to the loss of productivity due to absence from work was US$1539 518.62. The estimated cost from the patient's perspective was US$268 914.18. Therefore the total cost of snakebite in the Brazilian Amazon was estimated to be almost than US$8 million in 2015. Conclusions The economic burden of snakebite in Brazilian Amazon is notably high. Snakebites cause loss of productivity through inpatient treatment or deaths. |
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