SARS patients in Guangzhou the burden of disease study.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 14 SARS patients in Guangzhou the burden of disease study [Abstract] Objective To estimate the severe acute respiratory syndrome in Guangzhou city (SARS) cases in the clinical diagnosis of direct and indirect economic burden of the financial burden of acute infectious diseases, burden of disease estimates to establish ways. Methods During the 2003 SARS outbreak of 1059 cases of SARS confirmed cases of relevant information. Pairs of 399 cases of patients who are willing to cope with a questionnaire survey; to disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and loss of working time lost through human capital approach converted into economic losses, assess the SARS cases in the direct and indirect economic losses. Results 1059 cases of confirmed SARS cases in hospital charges per capita 20263  56 million average daily hospital charges, 1160  57 million; 339 cases of SARS patients in outpatient per capita cost of 463  43 yuan, the per capita cost of reviewing 848  28 million; on their own to buy nutritional supplements , medicines, etc. 2646  91 Yuan per capita spending. Projections in Guangzhou City in 2003 1283 cases of SARS cases in the direct economic burden of 3107  59 Wanyuan; SARS deaths due to premature death caused by years of life lost (YLLs) for the 654  71, the economic losses 1489  43 Wan Yuan; SARS patients survived an average of idle for 51  76d, the economic losses for the 577  48 million in indirect economic losses of 2067  44 Wan Yuan. There are 34  2% of respondents answered is willing to dump all his property to avoid the risk of SARS, showed that patients with SARS to the damage can not be measured in monetary terms; another 26  3% of patients would like to return as 1 million or above are not suffering from SARS. Conclusion integrated direct and indirect economic burden of the financial burden of clinical diagnosed SARS cases in Guangzhou, the total economic burden of 5175  03 million, per capita 4 