Economic burden of Chagas disease in Brazil: a nationwide cost-of-illness study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chagas disease remains a public health issue with substantial financial impact on the healthcare system of Latin American countries. Despite its great economic burden, research quantifying the direct and indirect costs are limited, particularly within Brazil. This study estimates the economic burden of chronic Chagas disease in Brazil, as part of the broader project, 'The Burden of Chagas Disease in the Contemporary World: The RAISE Study'.

Methods

A Markov model was used to estimate the economic burden of chronic Chagas disease from a societal perspective considering six mutually exclusive health states: four clinical forms (indeterminate, cardiac, digestive, mixed) and two absorptive states (death and cure). This model was analyzed through microsimulation with a

SUBMITTER: Andrade MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12356041 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature