Economic report on the cost of dengue fever in Vietnam: case of a provincial hospital
| Autor: | Nhat Huy Tran Phung, Luyen Dinh Pham, Trung Quang Vo, Nguyen Tu Dang Le |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Hospital bed 030231 tropical medicine Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) cost of illness Dengue virus medicine.disease_cause Dengue fever 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health dengue fever Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine hospital Socioeconomic status Average cost Original Research business.industry Health Policy Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.disease dengue ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research Vietnam 2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR |
| ISSN: | 1178-6981 |
| Popis: | Luyen Dinh Pham,Nhat Huy Tran Phung,Nguyen Tu Dang Le,Trung Quang Vo Department of Pharmacy Administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Background: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral illness with the world’s fastest rate of infection. In 2014, Vietnam had recorded 43,000 cases in 53 provinces, with 28 deaths. Materials and methods: A 6-month cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2015 to March 2016 at Cu Chi General Hospital. Cost of illness in this study was estimated under the incidence-based approach from the societal perspective. Results: The average cost per case was US$139.3±$61.7. The average cost per child was higher than per adult, but not significant ($151.0±$63.5 and $132.7±$59.9, respectively; P=0.068). Meanwhile, 50.2% of the total cost was contributed by the cost of hospital bed. According to the sensitivity analysis, if both the costs of the hospital bed and ultrasound were reduced by 10%, the total treatment cost of dengue fever would fall by 5% and 1.6%, respectively. Conclusion: This study is expected to be the basis for investment-plan formulation and fund allocation for the treatment and prevention of dengue. In an attempt to examine the entire socioeconomic encumbrance caused by the dengue virus, a larger scale study targeting both dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever needs to be conducted in several hospitals. Keywords: cost of illness, dengue, dengue fever, hospital, Vietnam |
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