ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate cost and influencing factors of the economic burden of chronic respiratory disease in hospitalize elderly patients. Methods A convenience sample of 284 elderly patients with chronic respiratory disease, investigated with Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D). Results The hospitalization expenses was (8 810.80 ± 4 290.90) yuan,especially medical costs was the highest(54.18%).Correlation analysis and the outcome of multiple lineal stepwise regression reveals that durations of hospitalization (r=0.822), value of GDS-15 (r=0.558), value of EQ-5D (r=0.486), medical insurance types (r=0.290), nutrition medicine (r=0.226), prognosis of disease (r=0.188), measures of PTA (r=0.158), chronic complications (r=0.143) and reimbursement ratio (r=-0.211) were related with the direct economic burden (P<0.05). Conclusion The durations of hospitalization,degree of depression,medical insurance types,complications,nutrition medicine,level of healthy,and the antibacterial effect are the main influence factors of the direct economic burden.Among them,the durations of hospitalization is more severe.