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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
versão On-line ISSN 1561-3038
Resumo
HIERREZUELO ROJAS, Naifi; FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, Paula e GIRON PEREZ, Elizabeth. Costs and Outcomes of Heberprot-P® Treatment in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer from Ramón López Peña Polyclinic. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.1 Epub 08-Abr-2022. ISSN 1561-3038.
Introduction:
Diabetic foot ulcer is one of the main causes of morbidity and disability, with an important repercussion due to the economic burden of the disease and from the social point of view, due to the decrease in patients' quality of life.
Objective:
To assess costs and outcomes of outpatient treatment with Heberpro-P® for the care of patients with diabetic foot ulcers.
Methods:
A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out of 22 patients with diabetic foot treated with Heberprot-P®, in the consultation for such purposes of Ramón López Peña Polyclinic in 2019.
Results:
63.6% of the patients who came for consultation presented zero risk foot; neuroinfectious ulcer was the one with the highest incidence of presentation (94.5%). An effectiveness rate of 95.4% of the total of treated cases was obtained. Most of those treated needed three to eight bulbs of the medication, with an average of five treatment sessions per patient, at an average cost of 3549.8 Cuban pesos per treated case.
Conclusions:
Treatment with Heberprot-P® is highly effective for the healing of diabetic foot ulcers, largely avoiding amputations of lower limbs of patients with diabetes mellitus, with a consequent decrease in the economic cost of these health interventions for the country.
Palavras-chave : economic assessment; diabetic foot ulcer; health costs; Heberprot-P®; diabetes mellitus.