Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To document the status of imported malaria infections and estimate the costs of treating of patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of imported malaria in the Slovak Republic during 2003 to 2008.</p> <p>Case study</p&...
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| author | Svihrova Viera Szilagyiova Maria Novakova Elena Svihra Jan Hudeckova Henrieta |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To document the status of imported malaria infections and estimate the costs of treating of patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of imported malaria in the Slovak Republic during 2003 to 2008.</p> <p>Case study</p> <p>Calculating and comparing the direct and indirect costs of treatment of patients diagnosed with imported malaria (ICD-10: B50 - B54) who used and not used chemoprophylaxis. The target sample included 19 patients diagnosed with imported malaria from 2003 to 2008, with 11 whose treatment did not include chemoprophylaxis and eight whose treatment did.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The mean direct cost of malaria treatment for patients without chemoprophylaxis was 1,776.0 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 524.2 EUR. In patients with chemoprophylaxis the mean direct cost was 405.6 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 257.4 EUR.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The analysis confirmed statistically-significant differences between the direct and indirect costs of treatment with and without chemoprophylaxis for patients with imported malaria.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7071a645068b4891b54c96b0688dc1b72022-12-21T18:35:36ZengBMCMalaria Journal1475-28752012-01-01111110.1186/1475-2875-11-1Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malariaSvihrova VieraSzilagyiova MariaNovakova ElenaSvihra JanHudeckova Henrieta<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To document the status of imported malaria infections and estimate the costs of treating of patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of imported malaria in the Slovak Republic during 2003 to 2008.</p> <p>Case study</p> <p>Calculating and comparing the direct and indirect costs of treatment of patients diagnosed with imported malaria (ICD-10: B50 - B54) who used and not used chemoprophylaxis. The target sample included 19 patients diagnosed with imported malaria from 2003 to 2008, with 11 whose treatment did not include chemoprophylaxis and eight whose treatment did.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The mean direct cost of malaria treatment for patients without chemoprophylaxis was 1,776.0 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 524.2 EUR. In patients with chemoprophylaxis the mean direct cost was 405.6 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 257.4 EUR.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The analysis confirmed statistically-significant differences between the direct and indirect costs of treatment with and without chemoprophylaxis for patients with imported malaria.</p>http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/1Imported malariaCostsPrevention |
| spellingShingle | Svihrova Viera Szilagyiova Maria Novakova Elena Svihra Jan Hudeckova Henrieta Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria Malaria Journal Imported malaria Costs Prevention |
| title | Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| title_full | Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| title_fullStr | Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| title_short | Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| title_sort | costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria |
| topic | Imported malaria Costs Prevention |
| url | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/1 |
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