Costos y beneficios del examen de mama: consultorio No. 9, Policlínico Universitario Pedro Borrás Astorga
Introduction: breast cancer is one of the main causes of death in women, thus it constitutes a priority of the health system. Objetive: to estimate the costs of breast examination and its intangible benefits at Doctor’s Office No.9 belonging to Pedro Borrás Astorga Outpatient Polyclinic in the last...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Universidad Médica Pinareña 2014-07, Vol.10 (1), p.132-143 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: breast cancer is one of the main causes of death in women, thus it constitutes a priority of the health system. Objetive: to estimate the costs of breast examination and its intangible benefits at Doctor’s Office No.9 belonging to Pedro Borrás Astorga Outpatient Polyclinic in the last trimester of 2013.
Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with a target group of 476 patients older than 25 years old from Doctor’s Office No.9, taking 70 women as a sampling of interest to carry out Health Situation Analysis in Public Health subject to achieve direct costs, time devoted to breast clinical examination, as well as the reduction of the room planned to perform it with the auxiliary table included. The responsible of the Department of Economics in the polyclinic granted a semi-structured interview. A questionnaire was applied to those women included in the sample; the level of knowledge for breast self-examination was assessed, collecting data in Excel tables by means of the statistical software SPSS 2.1 to process them and percentages to sum up the qualitative variables. Results: the adherence of breast cancer program was not satisfactorily fulfilled, finding a great percentage of women not performing self-examination correctly and those using not the adequate frequency either. The total cost of breast examination covered a value of $ 3.13 approximately.
Conclusions: the cost of a breast clinical examination is very low and it provides large benefits to female population.
Introducción: el cáncer de mama es una de las principales causas de muerte en las mujeres, por lo que constituye una prioridad en salud. Objetivo: estimar los costos del examen de mama y los beneficios intangibles que este reporta en el consultorio No.9 del Policlínico Pedro Borrás durante el último trimestre del 2013. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal con un universo de 476 pacientes de más de 25 años pertenecientes a ese consultorio, de las que se tomó un muestreo de conveniencia, incluyendo las 70 mujeres mayores de 25 años asignadas para realizar el Análisis de la Situación de Salud durante la estancia Salud Pública. Para la obtención de los costos directos se estimó el tiempo dedicado a realizar el examen clínico de mama y la depreciación del espacio destinado al mismo y la mesa auxiliar, mediante una entrevista semiestructurada al jefe del Departamento de Economía del policlínico. El nivel de conocimiento sobre el autoexamen |
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ISSN: | 1990-7990 1990-7990 |