Analysis of the direct and indirect costs of treatment of imported malaria in the Slovak Republic

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Viera Svihrova²  Maria Szilagyiova¹  Dusan Krkoska¹  Katarina Simekova¹  Henrieta Hudeckova²  Maria Avdicova¹ 

[1] ,Comenius University Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health,Slovak Republic

关键词: Imported malaria;    Direct costs;    Indirect costs;    Slovak Republic;    Malária importada;    Custos diretos;    Custos indiretos;    República Eslovaca;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822009000400004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study analyzed the approximate cost of treatment of patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of imported malaria in Slovakia. Between 2003 and 2007, 15 patients with imported malaria were hospitalized. The mean direct cost of the treatment was 970.75 euros and the mean indirect cost was 53.15 euros. For the patient with the highest cost of treatment, the use of mefloquine prophylaxis would have represented only 0.5% of the total direct cost of treating the disease. Despite the partial resistance of plasmodia, malaria chemoprophylaxis is unequivocally a cheaper choice than subsequent treatment of malaria.

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