Cost of Illness in Patients With COVID-19 Admitted in three Brazilian Public Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The severity and transmissibility of COVID-19 justifies the need to identify the factors associated with its cost of illness (CoI). This study aimed to identify CoI, cost predictors, and cost drivers in the management of patients with COVID-19 from hospital and Brazil's Public Health System (SUS) perspectives.

Methods

This is a multicenter study that evaluated the CoI in patients diagnosed of COVID-19 who reached hospital discharge or died before being discharged between March and September 2020. Sociodemographic, clinical, and hospitalization data were collected to characterize and identify predictors of costs per patients and cost drivers per admission.

Results

A total of 1084 patients were included in the study. For hospital perspective, being overweight

SUBMITTER: Oliveira LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069823 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature