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Vol. 9. Issue 2.
Pages 99-107 (March - April 2003)
ARTIGO ORIGINAL/ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Tuberculose em internamento: avaliação de custos
The cost of tuberculosis care: in-patient estimated costs
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Carlos Gomes1, Stella Soares2, Jaime Pina3
1 Assistente hospitalar de Pneumologia com o grau de consultor, Departamento de Pneumologia.
2 Farmacêutica hospitalar, Hospital de Pulido Valente
3 Chefe de Serviço de Pneumologia, Serviço de Infecciologia Respiratória (Unidade de Tuberculose)
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RESUMO

A situação clínico-epidemiológica da tuberculose (TB) tem vindo a alterar-se face à co-infecção pelo VIH e à crescente incidência de casos de tuberculose multirresistente (TBMR). Consequentemente, a abordagem em termos de exames de diagnóstico e esquemas terapêuticos, tem induzido um crescente consumo de recursos, de modo a fazer face a estas novas realidades clínicas.

No presente estudo, e tirando partido da especificidade e experiência desta unidade, pretendemos comparar o custo por doente com o hipotético financiamento por GDH (Grupos de Diagnóstico Homogéneo) (Portaria n.º 348-B/98 de 18 de Junho) e averiguar se o doente com TBMR apresentaria custos médios diferentes dos restantes que eventualmente justificassem a discussão da adequação do GDH à realidade actual.

Foram analisados os episódios de internamento por TB referentes ao período de 1/1/2000 a 31/12/2000, excluindo-se os casos que, embora relacionados com TB, tivessem sido classificados em GDH de tipo cirúrgico. A amostra foi dividida em três grupos: doentes com VIH+, doentes com TB (VIH negativos e não TBMR) e doentes com TBMR. Para cada grupo foram quantificados os seguintes componentes de custo: meios complementares de diagnóstico e terapêutica (MCDT), medicamentos e outros (elementos directos e indirectos obtidos a partir da contabilidade analítica do HPV).

Os principais resultados deste estudo apontam para um diferencial de custos globais/financiamento de Esc. 89 170 569, significando que 42dos custos não estariam cobertos pelo hipotético financiamento por GDH.

Relativamente à TBMR, constatámos que os custos médios/dia e custos/doente foram significativamente superiores em comparação com o grupo TB, relativamente aos exames de Patologia Clínica e Medicamentos.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2003 IX (2): 99-107

Palavras-chave:
Tuberculose
Hospitalização
Custos
Tuberculose Multirresistente
ABSTRACT

Objective: To calculate the costs of in hospital tuberculosis treatment and to compare the estimated charges of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and drug susceptible tuberculosis patients (TB).

Design: Descriptive study.

Setting: Tuberculosis Unit (Pulido Valente Hospital), Lisbon, Portugal.

Methods: The records of all TB patients discharged between January and December 2000 were reviewed. The cost analysis was conducted by using the hospital cost accounting system data and the charges approved by the national public health system. The main outcome measures were the following costs: 1) laboratory and ancillary services, 2) medication and 3) other direct and indirect components.

Results: The 116 study patients were divided into 3 groups: HIV/TB-48 (41,4%), TB 62 (53,4%) and MDR-TB-6 (5,2%). The estimated cost of treatment for all patients was PTE 213 732, 769, but only 42% was covered by diagnosis-related groups financing system. In the MDR-TB group, the median cost per day (PTE 7,531) and the median cost per episode (PTE 316,593) were significantly higher comparing with the TB group, regarding laboratory services and medication items.

Conclusions: The hospital care budget based on the diagnosis-related groups financing system, accounted for less than half the estimated costs of tuberculosis in-patients. Also, in regarding tuberculosis the diagnosis-related groups system does not account for a major confounder like MDR-TB, which has an huge impact on the length of hospital stay and increasing laboratory and medication costs.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2003 IX (2): 99-107

Key-words:
Tuberculosis
Hospitalization
Costs
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
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