Clinical characteristics and national economic cost of the 2005 dengue epidemic in Panama
| Autor: | Blas Armién, Vicente Bayard, Cornelio Campos, Binod K. Sah, Jose A. Suaya, Evelia Quiroz, Donald S. Shepard, Loyd Marchena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Total cost Panama Dengue fever Disease Outbreaks Dengue Quality of life Cost of Illness Virology Economic cost medicine Per capita Ambulatory Care Humans Prospective Studies Child business.industry Public health Health Care Costs medicine.disease Hospitalization Infectious Diseases Ambulatory Tropical medicine Parasitology Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 79(3) |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 |
| Popis: | In 2005, Panama experienced the largest dengue epidemic since 1993. We conducted both a prospective clinical and a national economic study. The full cost analysis measured costs of dengue cases and of dengue control efforts in the entire country. Costs are in 2005 US$. Ambulatory patients were 130 of the 136 participants, with 82% adults (18+) and 62% women. Duration of fever and illness averaged 6.1 (standard deviation [SD], 5.3) and 21.2 (SD 13.5) days, respectively. Loss in quality of life averaged 67% (SD 21) during the worst days of illness. An average ambulatory and hospitalized case cost $332 and $1,065, respectively. Although 5,489 cases were officially reported, the Ministry of Health (MOH) estimated 32,900 actual cases, implying a total cost of $11.8 million. Additionally, estimated government spending on dengue control efforts was $5 million. This dengue epidemic had a major disease impact and an economic cost of $16.9 million ($5.22 per capita). |
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