IMPACT OF EARLY MICROBIOLOGIC CULTURE IN THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INFECTED DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS AT A MODEL OF SECONDARY LEVEL IMSS' HOSPITALS IN MEXICO

Author(s)

Balderas-Peña L¹, Sat-Muñoz D², Alvarado-Iñiguez M³, Salcedo-Rocha A⁴, Ramírez-Conchas R¹, Sánchez-Sandoval F⁵, Macías-López G⁶, Ruíz-Quezada S⁶, Chagollán-Ramírez J³, Prieto-Miranda S⁵, García de Alba-García J⁴
¹UMAE Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ²UMAE Hospital de Gineco-Obstetricia Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ³Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas. Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁴Delegación Jalisco IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital General Regional N° 46, Guadalajara,, Mexico, ⁶Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierias, Guadalajara, Mexico

Presentation Documents

PDB58--strong-u-balderas-pena-l-u-sup-1-sup-strong-sat-munoz-d-sup-2-sup-alvarado-iniguez-m-sup-3-sup-salcedo-rocha-a-sup-4-sup-ramirez-conchas-r-sup-1-sup-sanchez-sandoval-f-sup-5-sup-macias-lopez-g-sup-6-sup-ruiz-quezada-s-sup-6-sup-chago ...

OBJECTIVES Estimate the economic impact of the early microbiological culture in the cost-reduction associated to the attendance process of the infected ulcers in diabetic foot through an economic model based on a Monte Carlo simulation. METHODS Economic model of Monte Carlo simulation in two steps: The first step was a descriptive and longitudinal study. Were included diabetic subjects with infected ulcers in diabetic foot, patients were initially treated in Emergency Room of Mexican IMSS’ secondary level hospital in a period from January 1^st to April 30^th

Conference/Value in Health Info

2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)

Code

PDB58

Topic

Economic Evaluation

Topic Subcategory

Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies

Disease

Diabetes/Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders

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