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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 李?前教授 (药剂学院) |
| 李国铭教授 |
| 谭丽珊教授 (内科及药物治疗学系) |
| 李咏恩教授 (药剂学院) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.3111/13696990701655495 |
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摘要Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder of unknown aetiology. Both treatment and rehabilitation for RA are costly. Knowledge of the cost of management of RA is important for better planning for allocation of medical resources, and the present study aimed to evaluate and describe the direct medical cost of the management of RA from the perspective of a public health organisation in Hong Kong. A retrospective study was performed of RA patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. The study cohort consisted of randomly selected RA patients from the 1st January 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/02 to the 31st December 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/02. Cost items studied included hospital stay, outpatient clinic visits, diagnostic tests, medications, auxiliary care, and cost for management and prophylaxis of side effects induced by the drugs for RA management. A total of 147 patients were included in the study. The average age and duration of disease of the subjects was 54.7 years (standard deviation 1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0.9 years) and 12.6 years (standard deviation 7.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0 years), respectively. The annual direct medical cost per RA patient was HK$18,657 (US$1 = HK$7.8). Inpatient care contributed the highest proportion of the total cost (43.8%). The annual direct medical cost for the management of RA in Hong Kong was HK$443 million, which comprised 1.4% of the total healthcare budget in the year 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/02. The cost of RA has an economic impact on the healthcare budget in Hong Kong. Early and more aggressive measures could reduce the need for hospitalisation and hence reduce costs. ? 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/07 Informa UK Ltd.
着者Lee V.W.Y., Chan C.-W., Chan L.-H., Ng T.-S., Tam L.-S., Li E.K.M., Lee K.K.C.
期刊名称Journal of Medical Economics (JME)
出版年份2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/07
月份12
日期1
卷号1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0
期次4
出版社P J B Publications Ltd.
出版地United Kingdom
页次443 - 453
国际标準期刊号1369-6998
语言英式英语
关键词Direct medical cost, Hong Kong, Inpatient cost, Rheumatoid arthritis
