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Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study

BACKGROUND: Dengue fever has been a significant public health challenge in China. This will be particularly important in the context of global warming, frequent international travels, and urbanization with increasing city size and population movement. In order to design relevant prevention and contr...

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Autores principales: Xu, Meng, Chang, Nan, Tu, Taotian, Sun, Jimin, Jiang, Jinyong, Xia, Yu, Tang, Wenge, Ji, Hengqing, Zhao, Xiaotao, Zhu, Jin, Qi, Li, Liu, Xiaobo, Liu, Qiyong
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9162330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35594296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010360
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author Xu, Meng
Chang, Nan
Tu, Taotian
Sun, Jimin
Jiang, Jinyong
Xia, Yu
Tang, Wenge
Ji, Hengqing
Zhao, Xiaotao
Zhu, Jin
Qi, Li
Liu, Xiaobo
Liu, Qiyong
author_facet Xu, Meng
Chang, Nan
Tu, Taotian
Sun, Jimin
Jiang, Jinyong
Xia, Yu
Tang, Wenge
Ji, Hengqing
Zhao, Xiaotao
Zhu, Jin
Qi, Li
Liu, Xiaobo
Liu, Qiyong
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description BACKGROUND: Dengue fever has been a significant public health challenge in China. This will be particularly important in the context of global warming, frequent international travels, and urbanization with increasing city size and population movement. In order to design relevant prevention and control strategies and allocate health resources reasonably, this study evaluated the economic burden of dengue fever in China in 2019. METHODS: The economic burden of dengue fever patients was calculated from both family and the organisation perspectives. A survey was conducted among 1,027 dengue fever patients in Zhejiang, Chongqing, and Yunnan Provinces. Treatment expenses, lost working days, and insurance reimbursement expenses information were collected to estimate the total economic burden of dengue fever patients in 2019. The expenditures related to dengue fever prevention and control from government, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), communities and subdistrict offices of 30 counties (or districts) in Zhejiang Province and Chongqing City were also collected. RESULTS: The direct, indirect and total economic burden for dengue fever patients in 2019 in the three Provinces were about 36,927,380.00 Chinese Yuan (CNY), 10,579,572.00 CNY and 46,805,064.00 CNY, respectively. The costs for prevention and control of dengue fever for the counties (or districts) without cases, counties (or districts) with imported cases, and counties (or districts) with local cases are 205,800.00 CNY, 731,180.00 CNY and 6,934,378.00 CNY, respectively. The total investment of dengue fever prevention and control in the 30 counties in China in 2019 was approximately 3,166,660,240.00 CNY. CONCLUSION: The economic burden of dengue fever patients is relatively high, and medical insurance coverage should be increased to lighten patients’ direct medical economic burden. At the same time, the results suggests that China should increase funding for primary health service institutions to prevent dengue fever transmission.
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spelling pubmed-91623302022-06-03 Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study Xu, Meng Chang, Nan Tu, Taotian Sun, Jimin Jiang, Jinyong Xia, Yu Tang, Wenge Ji, Hengqing Zhao, Xiaotao Zhu, Jin Qi, Li Liu, Xiaobo Liu, Qiyong PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Dengue fever has been a significant public health challenge in China. This will be particularly important in the context of global warming, frequent international travels, and urbanization with increasing city size and population movement. In order to design relevant prevention and control strategies and allocate health resources reasonably, this study evaluated the economic burden of dengue fever in China in 2019. METHODS: The economic burden of dengue fever patients was calculated from both family and the organisation perspectives. A survey was conducted among 1,027 dengue fever patients in Zhejiang, Chongqing, and Yunnan Provinces. Treatment expenses, lost working days, and insurance reimbursement expenses information were collected to estimate the total economic burden of dengue fever patients in 2019. The expenditures related to dengue fever prevention and control from government, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), communities and subdistrict offices of 30 counties (or districts) in Zhejiang Province and Chongqing City were also collected. RESULTS: The direct, indirect and total economic burden for dengue fever patients in 2019 in the three Provinces were about 36,927,380.00 Chinese Yuan (CNY), 10,579,572.00 CNY and 46,805,064.00 CNY, respectively. The costs for prevention and control of dengue fever for the counties (or districts) without cases, counties (or districts) with imported cases, and counties (or districts) with local cases are 205,800.00 CNY, 731,180.00 CNY and 6,934,378.00 CNY, respectively. The total investment of dengue fever prevention and control in the 30 counties in China in 2019 was approximately 3,166,660,240.00 CNY. CONCLUSION: The economic burden of dengue fever patients is relatively high, and medical insurance coverage should be increased to lighten patients’ direct medical economic burden. At the same time, the results suggests that China should increase funding for primary health service institutions to prevent dengue fever transmission. Public Library of Science 2022-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9162330/ /pubmed/35594296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010360 Text en © 2022 Xu et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Xu, Meng
Chang, Nan
Tu, Taotian
Sun, Jimin
Jiang, Jinyong
Xia, Yu
Tang, Wenge
Ji, Hengqing
Zhao, Xiaotao
Zhu, Jin
Qi, Li
Liu, Xiaobo
Liu, Qiyong
Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title_full Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title_fullStr Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title_full_unstemmed Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title_short Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study
title_sort economic burden of dengue fever in china: a retrospective research study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9162330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35594296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010360
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