Publication: Cost of dengue cases in eight countries in the Americas and asia: A prospective study
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2009-05-01
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00029637
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.80, No.5 (2009), 846-855
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Jose A. Suaya, Donald S. Shepard, João B. Siqueira, Celina T. Martelli, Lucy C.S. Lum, Lian Huat Tan, Sukhontha Kongsin, Sukhum Jiamton, Fàtima Garrido, Romeo Montoya Cost of dengue cases in eight countries in the Americas and asia: A prospective study. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.80, No.5 (2009), 846-855. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/27718
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Cost of dengue cases in eight countries in the Americas and asia: A prospective study
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Brandeis University
Universidade Federal de Goias
University of Malaya Medical Centre
Mahidol University
Ministry of Health and Social Development
Ministry of Health and Social Assistance
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud
National Center for Malaria Control
National Laboratory of Public Health
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
University of Malaya
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud de Panamá
Epidemiologist
Universidade Federal de Goias
University of Malaya Medical Centre
Mahidol University
Ministry of Health and Social Development
Ministry of Health and Social Assistance
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud
National Center for Malaria Control
National Laboratory of Public Health
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
University of Malaya
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud de Panamá
Epidemiologist
Abstract
Despite the growing worldwide burden of dengue fever, the global economic impact of dengue illness is poorly documented. Using a common protocol, we present the first multicountry estimates of the direct and indirect costs of dengue cases in eight American and Asian countries. We conducted prospective studies of the cost of dengue in five countries in the Americas (Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Venezuela) and three countries in Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand). All studies followed the same core protocol with interviews and medical record reviews. The study populations were patients treated in ambulatory and hospital settings with a clinical diagnosis of den-gue. Most studies were performed in 2005. Costs are in 2005 international dollars (1$). We studied 1,695 patients (48% pediatric and 52% adult); none died. The average illness lasted 11.9 days for ambulatory patients and 11.0 days for hospi-talized patients. Among hospitalized patients, students lost 5.6 days of school, whereas those working lost 9.9 work days per average dengue episode. Overall mean costs were 1$514 and I$l,394 for an ambulatory and hospitalized case, respec-tively. With an annual average of 574,000 cases reported, the aggregate annual economic cost of dengue for the eight study countries is at least I$587 million. Preliminary adjustment for under-reporting could raise this total to $1.8 billion, and incorporating costs of dengue surveillance and vector control would raise the amount further. Dengue imposes substantial costs on both the health sector and the overall economy. Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.