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Costs of topical treatment of pressure ulcer patients
Cynthia Carolina Duarte Andrade1,2, Cláudia Fernanda Dos Santos Calixto de Almeida3, Walkíria Euzébio Pereira4
1Fundação Hospitalar de Minas Gerais, Maternidade Odete Valadares, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Objective:
To evaluate the costs of a topical treatment of pressure ulcer (PU) patients in a hospital unit for treatment of chronic patients in 2014.
Method:
This is an activity-based costing study. This method encompasses the identification, measurement and pricing of physical and human resources consumed for dressings.
Results:
Procedure costs varied between BRL 16.41 and BRL 260.18. For PUs of the same category, of near areas and with the same type of barrier/adjuvant, the cost varied between 3.5% and 614.6%. For most dressings, the cost increased proportionally to the increase of the area and to the development of PU category. The primary barrier accounted for a high percentage of costs among all items required to the application of dressings (human and material resources). Dressings applied in sacral PUs had longer application times.
Conclusion:
This study allowed us to understand the costs involved in the treatment of PUs, and it may support decision-makers and other cost-effectiveness studies.
Objetivo:
Realizar uma avaliação do custo do tratamento tópico de pacientes com úlceras por pressão (UP), em uma unidade hospitalar de atendimento a pacientes crônicos no ano de 2014.
MéTodo:
Trata-se de um estudo de custos baseado no Sistema de custeio Baseado em Atividades. Este método contempla a identificação, mensuração e precificação dos recursos físicos e humanos consumidos para a realização de curativos.
Resultados:
Os custos dos procedimentos variaram de R$16,41 a R$260,18. Para UP de mesma categoria, de áreas aproximadas e mesmo tipo de cobertura/adjuvante, a variação entre os custos foi de 3,5% a 614,6%. Para a maioria dos curativos, o custo aumentou proporcionalmente ao aumento da área e à progressão da categoria das UP. A cobertura primária representou elevado percentual nos custos entre todos os itens necessários para realizar os curativos (recursos humanos e materiais). Os curativos realizados nas UP sacrais foram os que apresentaram maiores tempos para execução.
ConclusãO:
Este estudo permitiu conhecer os custos envolvidos no tratamento das UP e pode fornecer subsídios para os tomadores de decisão, assim como para a realização de estudos de custo-efetividade.
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