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- Title
Análise do impacto econômico da falta de suplementação multivitamínica em mulheres em idade reprodutiva e suas consequências em recém-nascidos.
- Authors
Del Aguila, Mariana; Bueno Tavares, Adriano; Arinelli, Roberta; Padula Ribeiro Pereira, Ana Carolina; Pepe, Camila
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the economic impact of the absence of vitamin supplementation in women at childbearing age and the consequences in the newborns by estimating the number of cases and costs involved in the treatment in perspective of the Brazilian public health system. Methods: The number of pregnant and live births in Brazil was considered, adjusted for 2019 considering a linear growth. Through literature review, the risk of development of neural tube defects, pre-eclampsia and anemia was determined. For the estimation of direct medical costs, a micro costing was performed based on the use of resources determined by established medical conduct and expert opinions. Events occurrence and their costs were calculated by multiplying the number of individuals by the risk of developing complications and individual costs by the number of events. Results: Total cost of vitamin supplementation absence in this group was estimated at 2.47 billion Brazilian real (BRL). The absence of vitamin supplementation would be able to generate annually 5,352, 796,283, 298,801, and up to 345,628 cases of neural tube closure defects, anemia, preterm delivery and preeclampsia, respectively. Conclusions: The lack of vitamin supplementation can generate an annual cost of 2,47 billion BRL for the Brazilian public health system with at least 796,000 cases of complications arising per year.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; NEURAL tube defects; MATERNAL age; ECONOMIC impact; NEURAL development; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
JBES: Brazilian Journal of Health Economics / Jornal Brasileiro de Economia da Saúde, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 2, p135
- ISSN
2175-2095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21115/JBES.v12.n2.p135-41