Open AccessAnalysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania
Author(s) -
Cătălin Codreanu,
Corina Mogoşan,
C Popescu,
Marian-Sorin Paveliu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
biomed research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 2314-6141
pISSN - 2314-6133
DOI - 10.1155/2019/9343812
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , indirect costs , sick leave , medicine , absenteeism , productivity , work (physics) , economic cost , demography , physical therapy , economics , mechanical engineering , neoclassical economics , accounting , management , sociology , engineering , macroeconomics
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased costs generated by resource utilization and loss of work productivity. We have studied 206 RA patients and analyzed indirect costs of RA in Romania (estimated using the human capital approach) in comparison with reported data for other countries. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The average age at inclusion was 55 years, with mean disease duration of 9.4 years; 55 patients had permanent work disability due to RA; 6.35 days of sick leave per patient were reported for the entire year of follow-up; the cost of permanent work disability was 1256€ per patient. From a societal perspective, the average indirect costs for a patient with RA were 1506€, significantly lower than the ones reported by other countries, especially due to the low monetary value of paid work.