Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína

Background: Health care costs of the offspring of mothers addicted to cocaine are three times higher than those of children not exposed to cocaine during gestation. Aim: To calculate the health care costs of the offspring of addict mothers that consumed cocaine during gestation. To verify the diseas...

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Autores principales: Mena R,María, Corvalán V,Sergio, Bedregal B,Paula
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2002
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720020011000062005-11-23Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaínaMena R,MaríaCorvalán V,SergioBedregal B,Paula Child of impaired parents Child, hospitalized Cocaine-related disorders Background: Health care costs of the offspring of mothers addicted to cocaine are three times higher than those of children not exposed to cocaine during gestation. Aim: To calculate the health care costs of the offspring of addict mothers that consumed cocaine during gestation. To verify the diseases or health conditions in these children, that generated the expenses. Material and methods: One hundred offspring of addict women consuming cocaine base paste were studied. The health care expenses generated by hospital admissions and ambulatory follow up were calculated. Expenses were expressed in Chilean pesos, according to the value at June, 2000. The fares of the South Orient Metropolitan Health Service were used as a reference. Results: Twenty four of the 100 children were lost from follow up. Among the 76 followed children, 48 were admitted to hospitals in 2.3 (range 1.2) occasions. Mean hospital stay was 21.7 days (range 1-186) and hospital mortality was 4%. Mean expense per hospital discharge was $1,556,098 and per patient was $3,457,995. The monthly expenses per children during ambulatory follow up were $120,372 that increased to $395,200 if family placing was added. Conclusions: These figures confirm that health care expenses of cocaine addicts offspring are more than three times the cost of a normal child. Primary and secondary prevention of cocaine addiction is urgently needed (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1241-8)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.11 20022002-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002001100006es10.4067/S0034-98872002001100006
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Child of impaired parents
Child, hospitalized
Cocaine-related disorders
spellingShingle Child of impaired parents
Child, hospitalized
Cocaine-related disorders
Mena R,María
Corvalán V,Sergio
Bedregal B,Paula
Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
description Background: Health care costs of the offspring of mothers addicted to cocaine are three times higher than those of children not exposed to cocaine during gestation. Aim: To calculate the health care costs of the offspring of addict mothers that consumed cocaine during gestation. To verify the diseases or health conditions in these children, that generated the expenses. Material and methods: One hundred offspring of addict women consuming cocaine base paste were studied. The health care expenses generated by hospital admissions and ambulatory follow up were calculated. Expenses were expressed in Chilean pesos, according to the value at June, 2000. The fares of the South Orient Metropolitan Health Service were used as a reference. Results: Twenty four of the 100 children were lost from follow up. Among the 76 followed children, 48 were admitted to hospitals in 2.3 (range 1.2) occasions. Mean hospital stay was 21.7 days (range 1-186) and hospital mortality was 4%. Mean expense per hospital discharge was $1,556,098 and per patient was $3,457,995. The monthly expenses per children during ambulatory follow up were $120,372 that increased to $395,200 if family placing was added. Conclusions: These figures confirm that health care expenses of cocaine addicts offspring are more than three times the cost of a normal child. Primary and secondary prevention of cocaine addiction is urgently needed (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1241-8)
author Mena R,María
Corvalán V,Sergio
Bedregal B,Paula
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Corvalán V,Sergio
Bedregal B,Paula
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title Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
title_short Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
title_full Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
title_fullStr Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
title_full_unstemmed Gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
title_sort gastos en salud de hijos de consumidoras de pasta base de cocaína
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2002
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