Dengue in Argentina: an economic analysis of the impact of the 2009 epidemic

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2012.155

Published 4 August 2012 Open Access


Licenciada en Economía. Magíster en Finanzas Públicas Provinciales y Municipales. Directora de la Fundación Mundo Sano, Argentina. , Licenciada en Economía. Doctora en Economía. Investigadora, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad (CIECS), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Argentina. , Licenciada en Economía. Consultora, Fundación Mundo Sano, Argentina. , Licenciado en Economía. Investigador, Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. , Médica. Especialista en Pediatría. Especialista en Salud Pública. Responsable del área médica, Fundación Mundo Sano, Argentina. , Médico. Investigador, Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Tropicales (IIET), Argentina.



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Dengue, Cost of Illness, Argentina

Abstract


The present study estimates the economic burden associated with the cases of dengue recorded during the 2009 Argentine epidemic. Among the costs considered are the medical costs necessary for the treatment of those affected and the opportunity costs for those who stopped working or studying because of the disease. In order to assess the costs of the disease, at the end of 2009 an ad-hoc survey was carried out in 201 households where people that had contracted dengue during the 2009 epidemic lived. The results allow us to estimate between 26 to 40 million Argentine pesos (6 to 9 million US dollars) as the total cost of the recorded cases. The regions in the north of Argentina bore the highest economic burden of the disease (more than 90% of the total burden). For all regions, the social cost of one dengue case accounts for more than 40% of the average monthly net individual income.