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Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran

Background: Tremendous difficulties are imposed on families with preterm and premature babies, both at birth and during their lifetime. The present study aimed at evaluating the potential economic impact of preterm and premature birth in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study (2014...

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Autores principales: Ahmadzadeh, Nahal, Rezapour, Aziz, Ghanavatinejad, Zahra, Nouhi, Mojtaba, Karimi, Somayeh, Saravani, Alireza, Nasre Tahooneh, Ahmadreza, Jahangiri, Reza
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445706
http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.78
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author Ahmadzadeh, Nahal
Rezapour, Aziz
Ghanavatinejad, Zahra
Nouhi, Mojtaba
Karimi, Somayeh
Saravani, Alireza
Nasre Tahooneh, Ahmadreza
Jahangiri, Reza
author_facet Ahmadzadeh, Nahal
Rezapour, Aziz
Ghanavatinejad, Zahra
Nouhi, Mojtaba
Karimi, Somayeh
Saravani, Alireza
Nasre Tahooneh, Ahmadreza
Jahangiri, Reza
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description Background: Tremendous difficulties are imposed on families with preterm and premature babies, both at birth and during their lifetime. The present study aimed at evaluating the potential economic impact of preterm and premature birth in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study (2014-2015), we studied preterm and premature newborns, who have been subjected to hospitalization in Ali-Asghar hospital. We followed social perspective to estimate the economic consequences of preterm and premature birth in 3 categories of direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs. Required data were collected from documents in the NICU, and studying medical records, and interviewing their parents. Data were analyzed by Microsoft Excel. Results: Direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect affairs were 84%, 6%, and 10% of the total cost, respectively. The estimated social costs were 373, 529, 189; 508, 774, 181; and 529, 481, 996 US dollars (according to their corresponding incidence of 5.8%, 7.9%, and 9.9%). We also found that 75% of the direct medical costs of initial hospitalization were due to intensive care beds. Conclusion: The economic burden of preterm and premature birth in Iran is considerable and to decrease the costs, it is necessary to implement preventive programs for preterm and premature newborns and to provide management care and support for families dealing with this problem.
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spelling pubmed-58044402018-02-14 Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran Ahmadzadeh, Nahal Rezapour, Aziz Ghanavatinejad, Zahra Nouhi, Mojtaba Karimi, Somayeh Saravani, Alireza Nasre Tahooneh, Ahmadreza Jahangiri, Reza Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Tremendous difficulties are imposed on families with preterm and premature babies, both at birth and during their lifetime. The present study aimed at evaluating the potential economic impact of preterm and premature birth in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study (2014-2015), we studied preterm and premature newborns, who have been subjected to hospitalization in Ali-Asghar hospital. We followed social perspective to estimate the economic consequences of preterm and premature birth in 3 categories of direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs. Required data were collected from documents in the NICU, and studying medical records, and interviewing their parents. Data were analyzed by Microsoft Excel. Results: Direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect affairs were 84%, 6%, and 10% of the total cost, respectively. The estimated social costs were 373, 529, 189; 508, 774, 181; and 529, 481, 996 US dollars (according to their corresponding incidence of 5.8%, 7.9%, and 9.9%). We also found that 75% of the direct medical costs of initial hospitalization were due to intensive care beds. Conclusion: The economic burden of preterm and premature birth in Iran is considerable and to decrease the costs, it is necessary to implement preventive programs for preterm and premature newborns and to provide management care and support for families dealing with this problem. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5804440/ /pubmed/29445706 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.78 Text en © 2017 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Ahmadzadeh, Nahal
Rezapour, Aziz
Ghanavatinejad, Zahra
Nouhi, Mojtaba
Karimi, Somayeh
Saravani, Alireza
Nasre Tahooneh, Ahmadreza
Jahangiri, Reza
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title_full Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran
title_fullStr Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran
title_short Estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in Iran
title_sort estimation of economic burden of preterm and premature births in iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445706
http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.78
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