title: [Estimation of economic costs for the care of patients with nosocomial pneumonia in a regional peruvian hospital, 2009-2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate and compare the economic costs for the care of patients with and without nosocomial pneumonia at Hospital II Huánuco EsSalud during 2009-2011, in Peru.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a partial economic evaluation of paired cases and controls. A collection sheet was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  nosocomial pneumonia.
  
  
  METHODS
  direct health costs, direct non-health costs, indirect costs, occupation, age, comorbidities, sex, origin, and education level. A bivariate analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty pairs of cases and controls were identified. These patients were hospitalized for >2 weeks and prescribed more than two antibiotics. The associated direct health costs included those for hospitalization, antibiotics, auxiliary examinations, specialized assessments, and other medications. The direct non-health costs and associated indirect costs included those for transportation, food, housing, foregone payroll revenue, foregone professional fee revenue, extra-institutional expenses, and payment to caregivers during hospitalization and by telephone.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The direct health costs for nosocomial pneumonia patients were more than three times and the indirect costs were more than two times higher than those for the controls. Variables with the greatest impact on costs were identified.
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dámaso-Mata
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chirinos-Cáceres
authors.forename: Luz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Menacho-Villafuerte
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000191:economics*