Title |
Economic report on the cost of dengue fever in Vietnam: case of a provincial hospital
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Published in |
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR, December 2016
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DOI | 10.2147/ceor.s124023 |
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Authors |
Luyen Dinh Pham, Nhat Huy Tran Phung, Nguyen Tu Dang Le, Trung Quang Vo |
Abstract |
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. 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. 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. 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. |
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