Title |
Economic burden of asthma in Abu Dhabi: a retrospective study
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Published in |
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR, October 2014
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DOI | 10.2147/ceor.s68920 |
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Authors |
Ashraf Alzaabi, Mohammed Alseiari, Bassam Mahboub |
Abstract |
This study evaluates the direct costs of treating asthma in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Data was compiled for 2011 from health insurance claims covering all medical interventions or treatments coded as asthma. Costs were calculated from a health care perspective. The total direct cost of treating 139,092 asthma patients was estimated to be United Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED) 105 million (US$29 million), corresponding to around AED 750 per patient per annum. The total cost is principally generated by outpatient visits (>AED 85 million; 81% of the total cost). Ten point four percent of patients had made an emergency room visit. The cost per visit seems to be higher during hospital admissions (AED 7,123) compared to outpatient visits and emergency room visits. The direct cost of asthma medications was around AED 33 million (31% of the total cost). The economic burden of asthma in Abu Dhabi is high and the number of emergency visits suggests that the disease is not optimally controlled. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Arab Emirates | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 26 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Bachelor | 4 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 15% |
Researcher | 3 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
Other | 3 | 11% |
Unknown | 9 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 26% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 7% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
Other | 4 | 15% |
Unknown | 10 | 37% |