Incremental cost of premature birth - a public health care payer perspective from Hungary.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm birth remains a significant burden to families, health systems and societies. The aim was to quantify the incremental prematurity-related public health expenditure in Hungary and to estimate the potential impact of a decrease in the prevalence of prematurity on the public payer's spending.

Methods

Over a 6-year time horizon, public financing data of inpatient, outpatient and pharmaceutical care for children born at ≥ 25 weeks of gestation in 2009/2010 were retrieved from the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund database. In descriptive analysis, the public payer's spending was given as cost/capita. The impact of a decrease in prematurity prevalence was specified as the total budget impact. An exchange rate of 294 Hungarian forint/Euro was applied.

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SUBMITTER: Kovacs G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290341 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature