Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis
Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Monahan, Mark; Kachapila, Mwayi; Morton, Dion G; Davies, Justine I; Søreide, Kjetil; Augestad, Knut Magne; Vollmer, Sebastian; Essam, AA; Elkhalek Sallam, Abd; Elrahman Elshafay, Abd; El-Rahman Hegazy Khedr, Abd; Gamal Saad, Abdalla; Gharib, Abdalla; Kenibar, Abdalla; Salah Elsherbiny, Abdalla; Adel, Abdalrahman; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Osman Abdelaziz Elhendawy, Abdelaziz; Hussein, Abdelfatah; Belkouchi, Abdelkader; Hrora, Abdelmalek; Adelshone, Abdelrahman; Alkammash, Abdelrahman; Abdelrahman, Assal; Geuoshy, Abdelrahman; Haroun, Abdelrahman; Mohammed, Abdelrahman; Sayed, Abdelrahman; Soliman, Abdelrahman; Essam Elnemr, Abdelrahman; Darwish, Abdelrhman KZ; Osama Elsebaaye, Abdelrahman; Khalique, Abdul; Rehman Alvi, Abdul; Wahid Anwar, Abdul; Altwijri, Abdulaziz; Al-Mallah, Abdullah; Almoflihi, Abdullah; Altamimi, Abdullah; Daqeeq, Abdullah; Dwydar, Abdullah; Gouda, Abdullah; Hashim, Abdullah; Altaf, Abdulmalik; Huwait, Abdulmalik; Abdel-Aty, Abdulrahman; Altwigry, Abdulrahman M.; Sheshe, Abdulrahman; Nasir, Abdulrasheed A
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Abstract
Background
There is a substantial gap in provision of adequate surgical care in many low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the economic burden of unmet surgical need for the common condition of appendicitis.
Methods
Data on the incidence of appendicitis from 170 countries and two different approaches were used to estimate numbers of patients who do not receive surgery: as a fixed proportion of the total unmet surgical need per country (approach 1); and based on country income status (approach 2). Indirect costs with current levels of access and local quality, and those if quality were at the standards of high-income countries, were estimated. A human capital approach was applied, focusing on the economic burden resulting from premature death and absenteeism.
Results
Excess mortality was 4185 per 100 000 cases of appendicitis using approach 1 and 3448 per 100 000 using approach 2. The economic burden of continuing current levels of access and local quality was USD 92 492 million using approach 1 and USD 73 141 million using approach 2. The economic burden of not providing surgical care to the standards of high-income countries was USD 95 004 million using approach 1 and USD 75 666 million using approach 2. The largest share of these costs resulted from premature death (97.7 per cent) and lack of access (97.0 per cent) in contrast to lack of quality.
Conclusion
For a comparatively non-complex emergency condition such as appendicitis, increasing access to care should be prioritized. Although improving quality of care should not be neglected, increasing provision of care at current standards could reduce societal costs substantially.
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