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| | | Article Name : | | | Total semiannual treatment related expenditure of
a patient due to hypertension | | Author Name : | | | RATINDRA NATH MONDAL1, SHAH MD. SARWER JAHAN, Md. MOSTOFA ALAM, MONI RANI, ANUPOM DAS, SOMA PRAMANIK, Md. FOYJUL ISLAM, Md. ZAKIR HOSSAIN, BEAUTY SAHA, AMARESH CHANDRA SHAHA, RAM B. SINGH, Md. ATIQUL ISLAM | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Background: Economic cost of hypertensive disease was
estimated at $76.6 billion in 2010. Low income is one of the important
causes of drop out of the hypertensive patients from follow up and
treatment. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study,
carried out in Hypertension and Research Center, Rangpur. Among the
daily visited patients every odd patient was taken. Cost was calculated
from the number of drugs use & its cost, investigation cost from receipt
copy, service fee (fixed service charge & specialist consultation fee),
transport cost from directly from the patient’s / attendant’s verbal
opinion and hospitalization cost was calculated from medications used
other than regular antihypertensive & investigations during hospital
staying.
Results: We have studied 324 hypertensive patients, male
were found preponderance (72.2% vs 27.8%). Mean age of the study
population was 47.19 years (SD±8.406). In this study 97.8% of the
patients taking the antihypertensive drug regularly, 62% of the
patients used to come to regular follow up. Mean semiannual
treatment related expenditure of a hypertensive patient was 4795.61
BDT. The mean expenditure was more in complicated hypertensive
patients than uncomplicated hypertensive patients (5929.88 BDT vs
4671.99 BDT). The expenditure became very high who was admitted
in hospital 8121.42 BDT. Among the treatment related expenditure
investigation cost (1403.32 BDT) remained the highest, followed by
drug cost (1197.17 BDT).
Conclusion: Mean semiannual treatment related expenditure
of hypertensive patient was high in relation to income. Reduction of the
cost of the investigation, drugs may be helpful for the hypertensive
patients. | | Keywords : | | | Semiannual, expenditure, hypertension |
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