Estimating the cost of the most prevalent diseases of the retired beneficiaries of health insurance organizations in Alexandria.
A retrospective study was carried out in Alexandria Health Insurance Organization Polyclinics and pharmacies to determine the prevalence of diseases among the retired beneficiaries and their utilization of health insurance services, and to estimate the annual expenses by disease with comparison of the retired contributions and expenses. Arthritis (49.3%) and respiratory tract diseases (43.4%) were the for most prevalent disease groups. Ischaemic heart diseases ranked the first in term of total expenses. The outpatient medicaments constituted the largest burden of expenses and the expenditures were six to ten folds that of the retired contributions.
Alfred
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Department of Biostatistic, Alexandria University.
el-Ghamry
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Hussein
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el Amin
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D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D016527:Drug Costs; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D012179:Retirement; D012189:Retrospective Studies