Average annual cost of Parkinson's disease in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a focus on disease-related motor symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Parkinson's disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide, its cost in Brazil - South America's largest country - is unknown.

Objective

The goal of this study was to calculate the average annual cost of Parkinson's disease in the city of São Paulo (Brazil), with a focus on disease-related motor symptoms.

Subjects and methods

This was a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis using a bottom-up approach (ie, from the society's perspective). Patients (N=260) at two tertiary public health centers, who were residents of the São Paulo metropolitan area, completed standardized questionnaires regarding their disease-related expenses. We used simple and multiple generalized linear models to assess the correlations between total co

SUBMITTER: Bovolenta TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734235 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature