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. 2012 May-Aug;8(2):151-62.
doi: 10.18294/sc.2012.155.

Dengue in Argentina: an economic analysis of the impact of the 2009 epidemic

[Article in English, Spanish]
Sonia Tarragona  1 , Malena Monteverde  2 , Silvia Marchioni  3 , Joaquín Caporale  4 , Ana Cristina Pereiro  5 , Julio Maximiliano Palacios  6
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Dengue in Argentina: an economic analysis of the impact of the 2009 epidemic

[Article in English, Spanish]
Sonia Tarragona et al. Salud Colect. 2012 May-Aug.
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Abstract
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The present study estimates the economic burden associated with the cases of dengue recorded during the 2009 Argentine epidemic. Among the costs considered are the medical costs necessary for the treatment of those affected and the opportunity costs for those who stopped working or studying because of the disease. In order to assess the costs of the disease, at the end of 2009 an ad-hoc survey was carried out in 201 households where people that had contracted dengue during the 2009 epidemic lived. The results allow us to estimate between 26 to 40 million Argentine pesos (6 to 9 million US dollars) as the total cost of the recorded cases. The regions in the north of Argentina bore the highest economic burden of the disease (more than 90% of the total burden). For all regions, the social cost of one dengue case accounts for more than 40% of the average monthly net individual income.

El presente estudio estima la carga económica de los casos notificados de dengue durante la epidemia argentina de 2009. Entre los costos considerados, se encuentran los costos médicos para el tratamiento de las personas afectadas y los costos de oportunidad de aquellas personas que dejaron de trabajar o estudiar a causa de la enfermedad. Para la determinación de los costos, a fines de 2009 se llevó a cabo una encuesta ad hoc a 201 hogares en los que habitaban personas que habían padecido la enfermedad durante la epidemia. Los resultados obtenidos permiten estimar entre los 26 y los 40 millones de pesos (entre 6 y 9 millones de dólares) el costo total de los casos notificados. Las regiones del norte argentino son las que habrían soportado la mayor carga económica (más del 90% de la carga total). Para todas las regiones, el costo social de un caso de dengue representaría más del 40% de la remuneración neta mensual promedio de los individuos.

Keywords: Dengue; Cost of Illness; Argentina.

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