Infección humana por trypanosoma cruzi en Chile: algunas estimaciones epidemiológicas y de los costos de la atención y tratamiento del paciente chagásico / Trypanosoma cruzi human infection in Chile: some estimates on epidemiology and care and treatment costs of the chagasic patient
Bol. chil. parasitol
; 53(1-2): 23-6, ene.-jun. 1998. tab
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ABSTRACT
According to the gathered information from the 1992 Chile census and an extensive epidemiological field study of Chagasïdisease in rural-periurban sections of the seven most northern regions where this malady is endemic, the following epidemiological outline arises Total population in the country 13,348,401. Population in endemic regions 8,824,205 (urban 8,050,700 rural 773,505). Number of infected 142,000 (16,7 percent). Total number of cardiopathies 26,554 (18,7 percent). In considering the regime of fees for health attentions of the National Health Funds- including hospitalization, laboratory test and surgical interventions- in its minimal prices plus the value of medicaments, it is posible to produce some estimates onf the cost of attention and treatment, in U.S. dollars, of the chagasic patient. Average annual cost of a patient with chronic chagasic cardiopathy U.S.$ 439,29 to U.S.$ 584,25 If these values are multiplied by 26,554 give rise to a figure ranging from U.S.$ 11,644,906 to U.S.$ 15,514,474
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Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol. chil. parasitol
Assunto da revista:
ALIMENTOS
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PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference
País de publicação:
Chile