Title |
Economic burden to primary informal caregivers of hospitalized older adults in Mexico: a cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-51 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Mariana López-Ortega, Carmen García-Peña, Víctor Granados-García, José Juan García-González, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda |
Abstract |
The burden of out of pocket spending for the Mexican population is high compared to other countries. Even patients insured by social security institutions have to face the cost of health goods, services or nonmedical expenses related to their illness. Primary caregivers, in addition, experience losses in productivity by taking up responsibilities in care giving activities. This situation represents a mayor economic burden in an acute care setting for elderly population. There is evidence that specialized geriatric services could represent lower overall costs in these circumstances and could help reduce these burdens.The aim of this study was to investigate economic burden differences in caregivers of elderly patients comparing two acute care services (Geriatric and Internal Medicine). Specifically, economic costs associated with hospitalization of older adults in these two settings by evaluating health care related out of pocket expenditures (OOPE), non-medical OOPE and indirect costs. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Mexico | 4 | 29% |
United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
El Salvador | 1 | 7% |
Colombia | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 8 | 57% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 29% |
Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Mexico | 1 | 2% |
India | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 60 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 14 | 23% |
Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
Other | 11 | 18% |
Unknown | 17 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 21% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 10% |
Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
Other | 8 | 13% |
Unknown | 16 | 26% |