The Annual costs of treating genital warts in the Public Healthcare Sector in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the cost of six different techniques used to treat Genital Warts and the annual average cost of treating a typical GW patient in Peru. To estimate the annual economic burden diagnosing and treating GW in the Peruvian public healthcare system.

Methods

We developed a prevalence-based, cost-of-illness study from the provider's perspective, the healthcare facilities under the purview of Peruvian Ministry of Health. We used an activity-based costing approach. We conducted primary data collection in three regions in Peru and supplemented it with governmental data. Uncertainty of the costing estimates was assessed via Monte Carlo simulations. We estimated the average cost and associated confidence intervals for six treatment options - three topical and three

SUBMITTER: Saldarriaga EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8518193 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature