Abstract

VALIENTE HERNANDEZ, Yamila  and  HERNANDEZ MOYA, Mavis. Direct and indirect costs of the diagnosis and treatment of prisoners with syphilis. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.9, pp.5042-5049. ISSN 1029-3019.

A study of costs description was carried out in "Mar Verde" Prison in Santiago de Cuba, from January, 2008 to December, 2009, with the objective of calculating the direct and indirect pertinent costs for the diagnosis and treatment of patients infected by syphilis, for which the results were compared before and after developing an educational intervention in the prisoners population, by a group of selected and prepared promoters in the prevention of sexual transmission infections. The impact of the intervention was measured by means of a decrease in the number the affected prisoners with syphilis. Finally, after the educational activity, the incidence of the disease fell at a rate of 1,1 per 100 inhabitants and the costs of the treatment against infection of the prisoners decreased in $1 344,48, to obtain an economic benefit of 1 513,04 Cuban pesos.

Keywords : syphilis; treatment costs; diagnosis costs; direct costs; indirect costs; economic benefit; prisoners; penitentiary centers..

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