Estimativa de custos diretos do programa municipal de controle da Dengue de Goiânia-GO

Resumo

Objective: to estimate the cost of the Municipal Program for Dengue Control in Goiânia, GO, Brazil. Methods: Costs of program considering epidemic (October/2009-April/2010) and endemic (May-September/2010) periods of dengue transmission, from the perspective of the National Unified Health System (SUS); cost components considered were human resources, training, infrastructure, office equipment, transportation, personal protective equipment, field equipment, laboratory equipment, insecticides and social mobilization; capital (investment) and recurring costs were considered. Results: average monthly recurring costs were R$1,355,760 (US$814,075) and R$981,100 (US$589,108), for the epidemic and endemic periods, respectively; annual capital cost was R$683,315 (US$410,301); approximately 82%, 15% and 3% of the total cost were from municipal, federal and state level funding sources, respectively. Conclusion: estimated incremental costs resulting from dengue epidemics provide information to support planning of dengue prevention and control activities.

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Economia da saúde, Dengue, Custos e análise de custo, Health economics, Dengue, Costs and cost analysis

Citação

SANTOS, Sandra Maria dos; AMORIN, Flúvia; FERREIRA, Izaías de Araújo; COELHO, Giovanini Evelim; ITRIA, Alexander; SIQUEIRA JÚNIOR, João Bosco; TOSCANO, Cristiana Maria. Estimativa de custos diretos do programa municipal de controle da Dengue de Goiânia-GO. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, Brasília, v. 24, n. 4, p. 661-670, 2015.