Predicting treatment cost for bacterial diarrhoea at a regional hospital in Thailand.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorRiewpaiboon, Arthornen_US
dc.contributor.authorIntraprakan, Kwanduenen_US
dc.contributor.authorPhoungkatesunthorn, Sukiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-17en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T03:49:53Z
dc.date.available2008-12-17en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T03:49:53Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-17en_US
dc.descriptionJournal of Health, Population, and Nutrition.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to estimate the treatment cost and formulate a cost-function for bacterial diarrhoea among patients in a Thai regional hospital. This study was an incidence-based cost-of-illness analysis from a hospital perspective, employing a micro-costing approach. It covered new episodes of both outpatients and inpatients who were diagnosed to have bacterial diarrhoea (ICD-10 code A00-A05) and who received treatment during 1 October 2000-31 July 2003. Retrospective data were collected from medical records of the hospital. The study covered 384 episodes, and the mean age of patients was 24 years. The average treatment costs (at 2002 prices; US$1 = approximately 40 Thai baht) were US$11.29, 76.78, and 44.72 per outpatient episode, inpatient episode, and outpatient/inpatient combined episode respectively. Furthermore, the positive significant predictor variables were: inpatient care, other Salmonella-associated infections, shigellosis, other bacterial intestinal infections, and the health insurance scheme. The fitted model was able to predict greater than 80% of the treatment cost. The estimation of simulated patients demonstrated a wide range of costs, from US$10 per episode to US$163 per episode. Overall, hospital administrators can apply these results in cost-containment interventions.en_US
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. pyarp@mahidol.ac.then_US
dc.identifier.citationRiewpaiboon A, Intraprakan K, Phoungkatesunthorn S. Predicting treatment cost for bacterial diarrhoea at a regional hospital in Thailand. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 2008 Dec; 26(4): 442-50en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/748
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=30&typeClassificationID=2en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.icddrb.org/publication.cfm?classificationID=30&pubID=9789en_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshCost-Benefit Analysis --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshDiarrhea --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshDrug Costs --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Costs --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshHospital Costs --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Public --economicsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIncidenceen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshPredictive Value of Testsen_US
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshThailand --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshYoung Adulten_US
dc.titlePredicting treatment cost for bacterial diarrhoea at a regional hospital in Thailand.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
jhpn2008v26n4p442.pdf
Size:
179.45 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Journal article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.79 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition