Evaluation du coût médical direct de il prise en charge du syndrome drépanocytaire majeur de l'enfant à Ouagadougou

Abstract

English Abstract

The sickle cell disease is a major problem of public health in Burkina Faso. Prevalence of the major sickle syndromes affect approximately 8,42 % of the patients in a hospital environment. The families of these children spend a lot of money on vaccines, medicine, complementary examinations. The objective of our work was to estimate the annual expenses to cause by the sickle disease within families. To this end we led to the pediatric university hospital Charles de Gaulle and to the holy health center Camille of Ouagadougou a retrospective covering study a period of one year going from January 1st till December 31st, 2011 on hospitalized or consultant children from 0 to 15 years old to these structures. The medical  cases of these patients were of use to us as sources of data which were collected on an index of collection and treated with the software " Sphinx Lexica ". The average cost of a care in ambulatory is estimated at 41 838,82 FCFA a year and the average cost of the care in hospitalization to 106 688,70 FCFA. The sickle cell disease thus constitutes a considerable economic weight for our patients and especially families where from the necessity of an implication of the political powers for the implementation of well codified protocols and a subsidy for the care of this affection.

Keywords: sickle cell disease major, child, taken care, medical cost