The expected cost of cancer in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorEspinoza, Manuel A.
dc.contributor.authorArmijo, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Tomas
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorBalmaceda, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:22:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:22:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cancer is a public health priority in Chile. Aim: To estimate the expected annual cost of cancer in Chile, due to direct costs of health services, working allowances and indirect costs for productivity losses. Material and Methods: We undertook an ascendent costing methodology to calculate direct costs. We built diagnostic, treatment and follow-up cost baskets for each cancer type. Further, we estimated the expenditure due to sick leave subsidies. Both estimates were performed either for the public or private sector. Costs related to productivity loss were estimated using the human capital approach, incorporating disease related absenteeism premature deaths. The time frame for all estimates was one year. Results: The annual expected costs attributed to cancer was $1,557 billion of Chilean pesos. The health services expected annual costs were $1,436 billion, 67% of which are spent on five cancer groups (digestive, hematologic, respiratory, breast and urinary tract). The expected costs of sick leave subsidies and productivity loss were $48 and $71 billion, respectively. Conclusions: Cancer generates costs to the health system, which obliges health planners to allocate a significant proportion of the health budget to this disease. The expected costs estimated in this study are equivalent to 8.9% of all health expenditures and 0.69% of the Gross Domestic Product. This study provides an updated reference for future research, such as those aimed at evaluating the current health policies in cancer.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn0717-6163
dc.identifier.issn0034-9887
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92696
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001002197900004
dc.issue.numero11
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1449
dc.pagina.inicio1438
dc.revistaRevista medica de chile
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHealth Care Cost
dc.subjectHealth Expenditures
dc.subjectHealth Planning Support
dc.subjectNeoplasms
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleThe expected cost of cancer in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen150
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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