COVID-19 versus applied infection control policies in a Major Transplant Center in Iran

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Research

Parviz Mardani¹  Seyed Ali MalekHosseini²  Seyed Ahmad Tara²  Khadijeh Ghaedi Ghalini²  Ali Ghasemnezhad²  Halimeh Negahban²  Majid Hamzehnejadi²  Sara Arabsheybani²  Zahra Zare²  Sedigheh Jafarian²  Mahmoud Akbari²  Tahmoores Niknam²  Khatereh Mirzad Jahromi²  Mojtaba Shafiekhani³  Reza Shahriarirad⁴ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Shiraz Transplant Center, Abu-Ali Sina Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Shiraz Transplant Center, Abu-Ali Sina Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;

关键词: COVID-19;    Coronavirus Disease 2019;    Transplant;    Iran;    Kidney transplantation;    Health Care Policy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12962-023-00427-x

 received in 2022-03-21, accepted in 2023-02-12,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSince Shiraz Transplant Center is one of the major transplant centers in Iran and the Middle East, this study was conducted to evaluate outcomes of the applied policies on COVID-19 detection and management.MethodsDuring 4 months from March to June 2020, patient's data diagnosed with the impression of COVID-19 were extracted and evaluated based on demographic and clinical features, along with the length of hospital stay and expenses.ResultsOur data demonstrated that a total of 190 individuals, with a median age of 58, were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the mentioned period. Among these, 21 patients had a positive PCR test and 56 patients had clinical symptoms in favor of COVID-19. Also, 113 (59%) patients were classified as mild based on clinical evidence and were treated on an outpatient basis. Furthermore, 81 out of 450 cases (18%) of the healthcare workers at our center had either PCR of clinical features in favor of COVID-19. The mortality rate of our study was 11% and diabetes mellitus, hypertension were considered risk factors for obtaining COVID-19 infection. The direct cost of treatment and management of patients with COVID-19 amounted to 2,067,730,919 IRR, which considering the 77 patients admitted to Gary Zone per capita direct cost of treatment each patient was 26,853,648 IRR.ConclusionWe demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic had a noticeable influence on our transplant center in aspects of delaying surgery and increased hospital costs and burden. However, by implanting proper protocols, we were able to was able to provide early detection for COVID-19 and apply necessary treatment and prevention protocols to safeguard the patients under its coverage, especially immunocompromised patients.

【 授权许可】

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