Studies on direct and indirect economic burden of disease and related factor in countryside of Qingdao city in 2001 / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the condition of economic burden of disease in the countryside and to explore the related factors.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Human capital method and two-step method were used in the calculation of economic burden of disease.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total economic burden of disease among 3359 persons was 3072 225 Yuan. Noncommunicable conditions were accounted for 62.95%, while communicable disease, maternal and perinatal conditions accounted for 24.25%, and injury accounted for 9.83% respectively. The direct economic burden of disease was 1,559,619 Yuan and the indirect economic burden of disease was 1,472,606 Yuan. The economic burden of disease for each person was 914 Yuan. The equal burden of disease among patients with disability and without disability were 3070 Yuan and 680 Yuan respectively (P < 0.001). There was significant difference among different age groups. The influencing factors were found to include having noncommunicable disease, age, disability and the condition of marriage.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Corresponding policy to cope with conditions of different age groups needs to be developed to reduce the economic burden of disease in the countryside.</p>