Direct medical costs of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in two specialized public hospitals in Mexico
Objective . To estimate direct medical costs (DMC) as - sociated with treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in newborns (NB) in two specialized public hospitals in Mexico. Materials and methods . The perspective used was health care payer. We estimated DMC associated with RDS management....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-HIMFG |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:10632793005 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10632793005 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Salud Mexico newborn Costs and cost analysis respiratory distress syndrome |
| Sumario: | Objective . To estimate direct medical costs (DMC) as - sociated with treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in newborns (NB) in two specialized public hospitals in Mexico. Materials and methods . The perspective used was health care payer. We estimated DMC associated with RDS management. The pattern of resource use was established by reviewing clinical records. Microcosting and bootstrap tech - niques were used to obtain the DMC. Estimated costs were reported in 2011 US dollars. Results . Average DMC per RDS event was 14 226 USD. The most significant items that account for this cost were hospitalization (38%), laboratory and diagnostic exams (18%), incubator time (10%), surfactant therapy (7%), and mechanical ventilation (7%). Conclu - sion . Average DMC in NB with RDS fluctuated in relation to gestational age weight at birth and clinical complications presented by patients during their hospitalization. |
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