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- Title
Costos de atención médica por cáncer cervicouterino.
- Authors
Sánchez-Román, Francisco Raúl; de Jesús Carlos-Rivera, Fernando; Guzmán-Caniupan, Jorge Antonio; Ríos, Pedro Escudero-de los; Juárez-Pérez, Cuauhtémoc Arturo; Aguilar-Madrid, Guadalupe
- Abstract
Objective: to value diagnostic stage and direct costs due to cervical cancer in insured workers and IMSS beneficiaries patients, during first year of treatment. Methods: 80 records of patients with confirmed diagnosis of cervical cancer during 2000-2003 were analyzed. The study was made under provider public health services perspective, with focus in costs incidence during 2009. Results: 27 (34 %) of total records corresponding to insured worker and 53 (66 %) to beneficiaries. No differences were finding in diagnostic stage. In bout groups stage II was the most common. The cost due medical care adds up to $91 064.00 during first year of treatment in workers. The main costs were identified in sickness absence certification (31 %), image exams (24 %) consulting room (19 %), radiotherapy sessions (10 %) and hospitalization (9 %). Conclusions: cervical cancer is a frequent disease that affects women in their productive and reproductive age. Frequently their diagnosis is made in advanced stages, which increase medical attention cost. It is convenient to introduce more effective preventive actions, including the workplace.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care costs; CERVICAL cancer diagnosis; CERVICAL cancer treatment; PUBLIC health; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; COST analysis
- Publication
Revista Medica del IMSS, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
0443-5117
- Publication type
Article