Evaluation Ofcommunity Acquired Pneumonia Treatment Outcomes And Cost Of Illness And Development Of Mortality Model
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Date
2011-02
Authors
Ali Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide including Malaysia. Identification of the differences in the outcome and
cost between a university hospital and a general hospital (GH) could lead to the
development of pneumonia interventions and guide the health team to accurately
perform and administrate health care services effectively. The development and
validation of the pneumonia mortality model, which is easily accessible at the time of
admission can, identify patients who are at risks, and treat them appropriately.
Treatment of CAP is costly and the cost is related to the length of hospital stay
(LOS).Therefore, identification of the risk factors of increase the LOS is lead to
decrease the cost of CAP treatment. Therefore, this study aims firstly to compare the
treatment outcome and cost between a university hospital and a general hospital;
secondly, to develop pneumonia mortality model in Hospital Pulau Pinang (HPP)
and validation the model in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia(HUSM); thirdly, to
identify the risk factors of increase the LOS. A retrospective observational study was
conducted among the adult patients with CAP who admitted to the Penang General
HPP and to the HUSM from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2008. Generally,
there is no significant difference between the outcome between the HUSM and HPP.
However, there is a significant difference between the cost between the HUSM and
HPP. The findings show that the HPP provided a similar treatment outcome at lower
CAP treatment cost in comparison to HUSM.
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Keywords
Pneumonia Treatment , Cost Of Illness