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DrHugoTurner

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

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@article{Hung:2022:10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200,
author = {Hung, TM and Van, Hao N and Yen, LM and McBride, A and Dat, VQ and van, Doorn HR and Loan, HT and Phong, NT and Llewelyn, MJ and Nadjm, B and Yacoub, S and Thwaites, CL and Ahmed, S and Van, Vinh Chau N and Turner, HC},
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200},
journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
title = {Direct medical costs of tetanus, dengue, and sepsis patients in an intensive care unit in vietnam},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200},
volume = {10},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: Critically ill patients often require complex clinical care by highly trained staff within a specialized intensive care unit (ICU) with advanced equipment. There are currently limited data on the costs of critical care in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to investigate the direct-medical costs of key infectious disease (tetanus, sepsis, and dengue) patients admitted to ICU in a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, and explores how the costs and cost drivers can vary between the different diseases.Methods: We calculated the direct medical costs for patients requiring critical care for tetanus, dengue and sepsis. Costing data (stratified into different cost categories) were extracted from the bills of patients hospitalized to the adult ICU with a dengue, sepsis and tetanus diagnosis that were enrolled in three studies conducted at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCMC from January 2017 to December 2019. The costs were considered from the health sector perspective. The total sample size in this study was 342 patients.Results: ICU care was associated with significant direct medical costs. For patients that did not require mechanical ventilation, the median total ICU cost per patient varied between US$64.40 and US$675 for the different diseases. The costs were higher for patients that required mechanical ventilation, with the median total ICU cost per patient for the different diseases varying between US$2,590 and US$4,250. The main cost drivers varied according to disease and associated severity.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the notable cost of ICU care in Vietnam and in similar LMIC settings. Future studies are needed to further evaluate the costs and economic burden incurred by ICU patients. The data also highlight the importance of evaluating novel critical care interventions that could reduce the costs of ICU care.
AU  - Hung,TM
AU  - Van,Hao N
AU  - Yen,LM
AU  - McBride,A
AU  - Dat,VQ
AU  - van,Doorn HR
AU  - Loan,HT
AU  - Phong,NT
AU  - Llewelyn,MJ
AU  - Nadjm,B
AU  - Yacoub,S
AU  - Thwaites,CL
AU  - Ahmed,S
AU  - Van,Vinh Chau N
AU  - Turner,HC
DO  - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2296-2565
TI  - Direct medical costs of tetanus, dengue, and sepsis patients in an intensive care unit in vietnam
T2  - Frontiers in Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.893200/full
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/97915
VL  - 10
ER  -
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