The development of an automated system for computing the "standard" values of the economic loss brought by one case of infectious disease

An original and technically realizable system for the determination of the values of economic damage produced by a single case of an infectious disease has been developed, based on a concrete socio-economic analysis. The system has been realized with the use of an IBM PC/AT by means of the Econ prog...

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Published inŽurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii no. 1; p. 33
Main Authors Shakhanina, I L, Osipova, L A, Vinograd, D L
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.1993
Subjects
Absenteeism
Adult
Automatic Data Processing - instrumentation
Automatic Data Processing - methods
Child
Communicable Diseases - economics
Computer Systems
Costs and Cost Analysis
Hospital Costs
Humans
Microcomputers
Socioeconomic Factors
Software
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Summary:An original and technically realizable system for the determination of the values of economic damage produced by a single case of an infectious disease has been developed, based on a concrete socio-economic analysis. The system has been realized with the use of an IBM PC/AT by means of the Econ program module developed in the SuperCalc-4 tabulated processor program environment. The use of the average socio-epidemiological, national economic and demographic statistical data has made it possible to calculate the "standard" values of the economic damage produced by a single case of 15 infectious diseases (total average, as well as for different groups of patients and measures). Analysis of the values thus obtained shows their, on the average, 1.25-fold growth, as well as their considerable variability reflecting the clinico-epidemiological nature of infectious diseases.
ISSN:0372-9311