Title of article
Pharmacoeconomic Aspects of Treating Hemorrhoidal Disease-Cost of Illness Study Based on Data from Balkan Country with Recent History of Social and Economic Transition
Author/Authors
Božović, Bojana Department of Pharmacy - Faculty of Medical Sciences - University of Kragujevac - Kragujevac, Serbia , Radoičić, Matija Department of Pharmacy - Faculty of Medical Sciences - University of Kragujevac - Kragujevac, Serbia , Janković, Slobodan Department of Pharmacology and toxicology - Faculty of Medical Sciences - University of Kragujevac - Kragujevac, Serbia , Anđelković, Jelena Veterinary Department - Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia - Belgrade, Serbia , Kostić, Marina Department of Pharmacology and toxicology - Faculty of Medical Sciences - University of Kragujevac - Kragujevac, Serbia
Pages
3
From page
1288
To page
1290
Abstract
The recent pharmacoeconomic literature estimat-ed that the economic burden of gastrointestinal diseases with chronic course is substantial (1,2) .The aim of this study was to evaluate total costs of treating haemorrhoidal disease in primary health care in Central Serbia. We have performed a pilot retrospective cost of illness study with bottom-up design from societal perspective with total sample size of 39 patients with haemorrhoi-dal disease (Ethical Approval Number 01-5099/2), 23 men and 16 women, aged 21 to 79 yr, who were treated in primary health care in Central Serbia from Apr 2016 to Apr 2017. All patients voluntarily completed the questionnaire in order to provide pharmacoeconomic and de-mographic data. The questionnaire was prepared using the available literature on haemorrhoidal disease (1-4).
Keywords
Pharmacoeconomic , Hemorrhoidal , Economic Transition , Balkan
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Serial Year
2021
Record number
2714515
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