title: [Cost of caring for the diabetic-hypertensive patient in primary care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the cost of caring for the diabetic-hypertensive patient in primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cost analysis carried out in family medicine units in Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family medicine units in Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with diabetes and hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Include the profile of use of the services and the cost of the care. The profile is defined as the average annual use of primary care services, the unit cost is calculated by reason for use in each of the services used, taking the fixed and variable consumables into account; the average cost by reason for care is calculated from use-cost ratio and the mean annual cost from the total average cost by reason for the care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean annual cost in the family doctor clinic was euro180.65 (95% confidence interval [CI], 168.31-193), in the laboratory, euro48.99 (95% CI, 44.85-53.18), and in the rest of the primary care services, euro41.33 (95% CI, 30.19-52.46). The mean annual primary care cost per patient was euro271 (95% CI, 243.36- 298.65).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The primary care costs of the diabetic-hypertensive patient are concentrated in the family doctor and laboratory services.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Querétaro, México. felibree@infosel.net.mx
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villarreal Ríos
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campos Esparza
authors.forename: Néstor Roberto
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Romero Islas
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Garza Elizondo
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez González
authors.forename: Alma Rosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cortés Núñez
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*