METHODS TO ANALYSE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THE FAMILIAR CARE OF A PERSON WITH CHRONIC DISEASE

• Main Authors: Mayorga-Álvarez Jorge Humberto, Montoya-Restrepo Luz Alexandra, Montoya-Restrepo Iván, Sánchez-Herrera Beatriz, Sandoval-Salcedo Natalia María
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Cartagena 2015-01-01
• Series: Revista Ciencias Biomédicas
• Subjects: Cost of Illness; health economics; chronic disease; methodology
• Online Access: http://revistacienciasbiomedicas.com/index.php/revciencbiomed/article/view/403/325

Introduction: in Colombia, the study of the chronic disease (CD) has been declared as priority of investigation Objective: to determine a methodology for the analysis of the financial burden attributable to the familiar care of a person with CD. Methods: methodological study that proposes a way of analyses of the financial burden of the familiar care of a person with CD. It was developed in four phases: [A] Review of the literature. [B] Development of the survey “Financial costs of the care of the chronic non-communicable disease”. [C] Structuring of a proposal of methodological approach for the analysis of the data. [D] Development of final details of the definitive version of the designed methodology by means of its application to the results of the survey of 30 Colombian families Results: according to the literature review and keeping in mind the obtained data by means of the application of the survey “Financial costs of the care of the chronic non-communicable disease”, a methodological proposal of the analysis of the familiar financial burden attributable to the care of a person with CD in Colombia was done and it was named: CARACOL. On having applied the methodology in a pilot study with the information of thirty families, it was found that the costs generates them a major financial burden in terms of health and transportation Conclusion: the CARACOL methodology is an original contribution that could allow analyzing the financial burden attributable to the familiar care of a person with CD from the variation generates in the effective real consumption. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2015;6(1):96-106 KEYWORDS Cost of Illness; health economics; chronic disease; methodology.