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Oliva IO, Xavier ACS, Chaves HFC, Moreira LFV, de Oliveira MVM, Oliva HNP. Epidemiological and Financial Aspects of Hospitalizations for Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil. J Glob Infect Dis 2024; 16:13-18. [PMID: 38680757 PMCID: PMC11045155 DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_59_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Introduction Understanding the epidemiology and cost implications of acute bacterial meningitis is crucial for effective health planning, timely treatment implementation, and comprehensive patient support measures, as well as for determining appropriate hospital expenses. Therefore, we conducted an analysis of hospitalization cases for bacterial meningitis in Brazil from January 2008 to December 2019. Methods This is a descriptive ecological study that utilized the Hospital Information System of Brazil's National Unified Health System (SIH/SUS) database. The variables included sex, region, age group, hospitalizations, deaths, lethality rate, and hospital service expenses. The data were tabulated to focus specifically on the epidemiological aspect of bacterial meningitis. Results During the study period, there were 20,207 hospitalizations for bacterial meningitis in Brazil. Men accounted for a higher number of cases, with 11,690 (57.67%), while women had a higher lethality rate of 10.64%. The Southeast region had the highest percentage of both hospitalizations (45.78%) and deaths (46.42%). Bacterial meningitis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in children under 5 years of age. Notably, the elderly and the Northeast region showed higher rates of lethality. The total expenditure on hospital services exceeded 43 million in Brazilian real, with the highest expenditure observed in 2019 and the lowest in 2011. Conclusion A higher prevalence of the disease was observed in males, in children under 1-year-old and in the southeast region. Hospital expenditures were found to be substantial and increasing over time, underscoring the significance of early diagnosis and the promotion of vaccination campaigns.
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Canto SVE, Araújo MAL, Almeida RLFD, Cutrim BEC. Hospitalization costs for congenital syphilis in the state of Ceará. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE MATERNO INFANTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-93042021000100016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract Objectives: this study aimed to describe direct medical-hospital costs of hospitalizations for Congenital Syphilis (CS) in children under one year of age, users of the public health network in the state of Ceará, Brazil, from 2012 to 2017. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study that used the DATASUS Hospital Information System database, built from the information registered in the Inpatient Hospital Authorizations (IHA), organized in a Microsoft Office Excel 2010 spreadsheet and analyzed in SPSS, version 23. Results: there were 4,085 hospitalizations registered for CS (16.6% of total hospital admissions for infectious and parasitic diseases) at a cost of US$ 927,726.84, representing an annual average of US$ 234.73 per child. A slight decrease in approved IHA for infectious and parasitic diseases (5.5%) was verified when compared with CS, which increased by 36.4%> over the evaluated years. Conclusion: high treatment costs for CS in the state of Ceará were identified, a situation that could be avoided if pregnant women with syphilis were diagnosed and treated during prenatal care.
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Bozzani FM, Arnold M, Colbourn T, Lufesi N, Nambiar B, Masache G, Skordis-Worrall J. Measurement and valuation of health providers' time for the management of childhood pneumonia in rural Malawi: an empirical study. BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16:314. [PMID: 27464679 PMCID: PMC4964305 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1573-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human resources are a major cost driver in childhood pneumonia case management. Introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) in Malawi can lead to savings on staff time and salaries due to reductions in pneumonia cases requiring admission. Reliable estimates of human resource costs are vital for use in economic evaluations of PCV-13 introduction. METHODS Twenty-eight severe and twenty-four very severe pneumonia inpatients under the age of five were tracked from admission to discharge by paediatric ward staff using self-administered timesheets at Mchinji District Hospital between June and August 2012. All activities performed and the time spent on each activity were recorded. A monetary value was assigned to the time by allocating a corresponding percentage of the health workers' salary. All costs are reported in 2012 US$. RESULTS A total of 1,017 entries, grouped according to 22 different activity labels, were recorded during the observation period. On average, 99 min (standard deviation, SD = 46) were spent on each admission: 93 (SD = 38) for severe and 106 (SD = 55) for very severe cases. Approximately 40 % of activities involved monitoring and stabilization, including administering non-drug therapies such as oxygen. A further 35 % of the time was spent on injecting antibiotics. Nurses provided 60 % of the total time spent on pneumonia admissions, clinicians 25 % and support staff 15 %. Human resource costs were approximately US$ 2 per bed-day and, on average, US$ 29.5 per severe pneumonia admission and US$ 37.7 per very severe admission. CONCLUSIONS Self-reporting was successfully used in this context to generate reliable estimates of human resource time and costs of childhood pneumonia treatment. Assuming vaccine efficacy of 41 % and 90 % coverage, PCV-13 introduction in Malawi can save over US$ 2 million per year in staff costs alone.
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- Fiammetta Maria Bozzani
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK. .,Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
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- Munich Center of Health Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.,Parent And Child Health Initiative (PACHI), Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Parent And Child Health Initiative (PACHI), Lilongwe, Malawi
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Portnoy A, Jit M, Lauer J, Blommaert A, Ozawa S, Stack M, Murray J, Hutubessy R. Estimating costs of care for meningitis infections in low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine 2016; 33 Suppl 1:A240-7. [PMID: 25919168 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.11.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Meningitis infections are often associated with high mortality and risk of sequelae. The costs of treatment and care for meningitis are a great burden on health care systems, particularly in resource-limited settings. The objective of this study is to review data on the costs of care for meningitis in low- and middle-income countries, as well as to show how results could be extrapolated to countries without sound data. We conducted a systematic review of the literature from six databases to identify studies examining the cost of care in low- and middle-income countries for all age groups with suspected, probable, or confirmed meningitis. We extracted data on treatment costs and sequelae by infectious agent and/or pathogen, where possible. Using multiple regression analysis, a relationship between hospital costs and associated determinants was investigated in order to predict costs in countries with missing data. This relationship was used to predict treatment costs for all 144 low- and middle-income countries. The methodology of conducting a systematic review, extrapolating, and setting up a standard database can be used as a tool to inform cost-effectiveness analyses in situations where cost of care data are poor. Both acute and long-term costs of meningitis could be extrapolated to countries without reliable data. Although only bacterial causes of meningitis can be vaccine-preventable, a better understanding of the treatment costs for meningitis is crucial for low- and middle-income countries to assess the cost-effectiveness of proposed interventions in their country. This cost information will be important as inputs in future cost-effectiveness studies, particularly for vaccines.
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- Allison Portnoy
- International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom; Modelling and Economics Unit, Public Health England, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom.
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- World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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- Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases (CHERMID), Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Campus Drie Eiken Lokaal D.R.212, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium; Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics (I-BIOSTAT), Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek Agoralaan Gebouw D; BE 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Independent Consultant, 2417 Panama Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Bahia L, Toscano CM, Takemoto MLS, Araujo DV. Systematic review of pneumococcal disease costs and productivity loss studies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccine 2014; 31 Suppl 3:C33-44. [PMID: 23777689 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pneumococcal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality associated with significant economic burden for healthcare systems and society. OBJECTIVES To systematically review pneumococcal disease cost of illness and productivity loss studies in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. METHODS A search of relevant databases was performed till November 2011. A broad and sensitive search strategy was used consisting of medical subject headings (MeSH) terms for pneumococcal disease, healthcare costs and productivity loss studies. No language restriction was applied. Only papers from LAC region and child population were analyzed. Additional exclusion criteria included duplicate studies, and insufficient information about methods. RESULTS A total of 1241 citations were retrieved. After applying the exclusion criteria, only 16 studies remained for analysis. There were 4 papers from Brazil, 3 from Argentina, 2 from Colombia, 2 from Mexico, 1 from Uruguay, 1 from Chile, and 3 analyzing a group of LAC countries. Only 4 were cost-of-illness studies, 11 were cost-effectiveness studies of pneumococcal vaccine and 1 study of the pneumococcal burden of disease. Methods used for quantifying health resource utilization and costing methods varied significantly among studies, as well as data sources considered. Productivity losses were considered in 8 studies, all of which used the human capital approach method. Pneumococcal disease cost estimates varied significantly depending on the pneumococcal syndromes considered, methods used, study perspective and type of costs included. CONCLUSION This systematic review reinforced the importance of standardization of methods for cost studies that can allow comparison and reproducibility in other settings. These estimates can be useful for future economic analysis conducted to support the decision making process on the introduction of new vaccines in LAC. However, caution must be taken, as methodological aspects of studies will result in estimates with varying levels of accuracy and external validity.
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- Luciana Bahia
- Internal Medicine Department, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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