[Medical costs associated with the risk of maternal-fetal contamination by HIV. Results of a prospective survey].
BACKGROUND
Assessment of economic implications of pediatric HIV infection allows to document efforts which are devoted by health care system to the care of children born to HIV infected women. This paper presents the results of the first analysis, in the French health care context, of direct medical costs related to HIV mother-to-child risk of transmission.


METHODS
Statistical prospective analysis was performed on 853 files concerning 152 children followed in three medical centers. Because the medical consumptions data were linked to clinical status, average direct medical costs per medical contact could be defined for each center.


RESULTS
Results were consistent with the hypothesis that more medical care is necessary when the clinical picture is uncertain (indeterminate status) or reflects health state deterioration. However, results are very different according to HIV clinical status and disparities may be so large that costs per clinical status hierarchy may be disrupted. Explicative factors for these variabilities are expressed in terms of patient recruitment, medical uncertainty management and resources disponibility.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment
Coûts médicaux associés au risque de contamination maternofoetale par le VIH. Résultats d'une enquête prospective.