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[PMID]: | 29178641 |
[Au] Autor: | Benn P; Iyengar S; Crowley TB; Zackai EH; Burrows EK; Moshkevich S; McDonald-McGinn DM; Sullivan KE; Demko Z |
[Ad] Endereço: | University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut. |
[Ti] Título: | Pediatric healthcare costs for patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. |
[So] Source: | Mol Genet Genomic Med;5(6):631-638, 2017 11. | [Is] ISSN: | 2324-9269 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | United States |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | BACKGROUND: The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a variably expressed disorder that can include cardiac, palate, and other physical abnormalities, immunodeficiency, and hypocalcemia. Because of the extreme variability in phenotype, there has been no available estimate of the total medical expenditure associated with the average case. METHODS: We have developed a model to estimate the cost from the time of diagnosis to age 20. Costs were based on patients seen at a specialty center but also considered those components of care expected to have been provided by external healthcare facilities. Expense was based on billed medical charges extracted from the electronic medical billing system for all patients with a diagnosis of DiGeorge or velocardiofacial syndrome from 1993-2015. Expenditures included maternal prenatal care directly related to an affected pregnancy, molecular/cytogenetic diagnosis, consultations, surgery, and/or other treatment and management. Most mental health services (except inpatient), therapy related to cognitive, behavioral, speech, pharmacy, and nonmedical costs (special education, vocational, respite, lost earnings) were not included. RESULTS: Data were available for 642 patients with 50.7% diagnosed prenatally or in the first year of life. The average cost for a patient was $727,178. Costs were highest for patients ascertained prenatally ($2,599,955) or in the first year of life ($1,043,096), those with cardiac abnormalities or referred for cardiac evaluation ($751,535), and patients with low T-cell counts ($1,382,222). CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that there are significant medical costs associated with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Cromossomos Humanos Par 22 Síndrome de DiGeorge/economia Custos de Cuidados de Saúde
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Deleção Cromossômica Síndrome de DiGeorge/diagnóstico Síndrome de DiGeorge/genética Seres Humanos Modelos Teóricos
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1801 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 180207 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 180207 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 171128 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
[do] DOI: | 10.1002/mgg3.310 |
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