title: [Care charges and direct costs related to hospitalization of Senegalese children with cerebral malaria. Study of 76 cases in the Albert-Royer Hospital in Dakar in 1991-1992].
abstract: To optimize the funds devoted to health care, and to objectively assess the tools used in monitoring patients with cerebral malaria, we determined two parameters, care charges and direct costs due to hospitalization. During this longitudinal study conducted at the Albert Royer Pediatric Hospital in Dakar from October 15, 1991 to October 15, 1992 with 76 cases, malaria represented 5.2% of the febrile cases and 3.4% of the hospitalized cases. The lethality rate was 3.4%. Clinical features were not correlated with care charges and thus were not good indicators of worker's labor. The average cost of a cerebral malaria hospitalization was estimated at 35,710 F CFA (In October 1992, 1 F CFA = 0.02 FF). This cost is very high depending the limited resources of the region. Rapid and proper treatment of malaria cases may lead to a significant reduction of costs.
authors.affiliation: Département de parasitologie, Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: N'dir
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gaye
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D017722:Hospital Charges; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D012621:Seasons; D012675:Senegal
vernacular_title: Charge en soins et coûts directs liés à l'hospitalisation des neuropaludismes de l'enfant sénégalais. Etude de 76 cas à l'hôpital Albert-Royer de Dakar en 1991-1992.