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DOCN M9630345
TI A method for estimating baseline health care costs.
DT 9603
AU Hurley SF; Bond LM; Carlin JB; Evans DB; Kaldor JM; Department of Public
Health and Community Medicine, University of; Melbourne, Carlton,
Victoria, Australia.
SO J Epidemiol Community Health. 1995 Oct;49(5):525-31. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96103669
AB STUDY OBJECTIVES--Studies estimating the cost of specific illnesses do
not generally take into account the fact that health care costs would
have been incurred in the absence of the disease of interest. The goal
of this study was to develop a method of estimating age specific
baseline health care costs. These costs were calculated for Australian
men, and their magnitude was compared with the costs of caring for men
with HIV infection. DESIGN--Information about health service usage was
obtained from the 1989-90 national health survey and linked with data on
the costs of services to obtain average monthly costs for individual and
total health services. SETTING--The Australian community.
PARTICIPANTS--Average total health service costs per man per month were
$103 (Australian). Hospital admissions comprised approximately 40% of
these costs and casualty/outpatient visits, consultations with a doctor,
and prescribed medication comprised 10%, 13%, and 12%, respectively.
Costs increased with age, from around $60 per month for men aged 20-39
years to $213 per month for men aged 60 and over. CONCLUSION--Baseline
costs comprised around 18% of health care costs for men with
asymptomatic HIV infection, but less than 1% of costs for men with AIDS.
These estimates provide an essential baseline for determining the costs
attributable to specific diseases.
DE Adult Age Distribution Australia Health Care Costs/*STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Health Services/*UTILIZATION Human Length of
Stay/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Male Middle Age Patient
Admission/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Referral and Consultation/STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA Sensitivity and Specificity Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).