Diagnostic and Therapeutic Costs of Patients With a Diagnosis of or Suspected Coronavirus Disease in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the social and individual effects of the disease and make decisions on the allocation of health resources, it is necessary to understand the economic burden of coronavirus disease (COVID-19); however, there are limited data in this field. This study aimed to estimate diagnostic and therapeutic costs of patients with a diagnosis of or suspected of COVID-19 disease admitted to hospitals in northeast Iran.

Methods

This descriptive and analytical research was conducted as a retrospective study using the data collected from 2980 patients admitted to 30 hospitals from February to April 2020 in Iran. For data collection, an appropriate data capture tool was designed to record detailed resource use. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to examine

SUBMITTER: Ebrahimipour H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8590483 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature