Direct medical costs of RSV-related bronchiolitis hospitalizations in a middle-income tropical country

dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Martínez, Carlos E.
dc.contributor.authorSossa-Briceño, Mónica P.
dc.contributor.authorCastro-Rodriguez, Jose A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-25T19:46:45Z
dc.date.available2020-02-25T19:46:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractenglishIntroduction and objectives With the objective of making informed decisions on resource allocation, there is a critical need for studies that provide accurate information on hospital costs for treating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related bronchiolitis, mainly in middle-income countries (MICs). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the direct medical costs associated with bronchiolitis hospitalizations caused by infection with RSV in Bogota, Colombia. Material and methods We reviewed the available electronic medical records (EMRs) for all infants younger than two years of age who were admitted to the Fundacion Hospital de La Misericordia with a discharge principal diagnosis of RSV-related bronchiolitis over a 24-month period from January 2016 to December 2017. Direct medical costs of RSV-related bronchiolitis were retrospectively collected by dividing the infants into three groups: those requiring admission to the pediatric ward (PW) only, those requiring admission to the pediatric intermediate care unit (PIMC), and those requiring to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Results A total of 89 patients with a median (IQR) age of 7.1 (3.1–12.2) months were analyzed of whom 20 (56.2%) were males. Overall, the median (IQR) cost of infants treated in the PW, in the PIMC, and in the PICU was US$518.0 (217.0–768.9) vs. 1305.2 (1051.4–1492.2) vs. 2749.7 (1372.7–4159.9), respectively, with this difference being statistically significant (p < 0.001). Conclusions The present study helps to further our understanding of the economic burden of RSV-related bronchiolitis hospitalizations among infants of under two years of age in a middle-income tropical country.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aller.2019.04.004
dc.identifier.instnameinstname:Universidad El Bosquespa
dc.identifier.issn0301-0546
dc.identifier.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad El Bosquespa
dc.identifier.repourlrepourl:https://repositorio.unbosque.edu.co
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/1960
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAllergologia et Immunopathologiaspa
dc.publisher.journalAllergologia et Immunopathologiaspa
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAllergologia et Immunopathologia, 0301-0546, Vol. 48, Nro. 1, January–February 2020, p.56-61spa
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301054619300540#!
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accessrightshttps://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf296
dc.rights.creativecommons2019
dc.rights.localAcceso cerradospa
dc.subject.decsSoporte ventilatorio interactivospa
dc.subject.decsInstituciones de cuidados intermediosspa
dc.subject.decsOxigenación hiperbáricaspa
dc.subject.keywordsBronchiolitisspa
dc.subject.keywordsRespiratory syncytial virusspa
dc.subject.keywordsHospitalization costsspa
dc.subject.keywordsLength of stayspa
dc.titleDirect medical costs of RSV-related bronchiolitis hospitalizations in a middle-income tropical countryspa
dc.typearticlespa
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.localartículospa

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