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Identifikace a kvalifikovaný odhad nákladů na léčbu cévní mozkové příhody v ČR na základě farmakoekonomické analýzy a návrh alternativního řešení
Pokorná, Hana
Background: Stroke is the second most frequent cause of death in developed countries and the most frequent cause of permanent disability. This way this illness creates high costs for society which should be minimized as much as possible. One of the possibilities is to administer cost-saving drugs which are at the same time from the medical point of view of the top quality and their economic effectiveness can be identified by means of pharmacoeconomic analysis. Objective: The objective of the work is to identify and carry out a quantified estimate of costs connected with the stroke treatment in the Czech Republic. Next is the necessary to confront the results with the alternative solution to the treatment (taking drug Xarelto instead of Warfarin) and to carry out comparison of the both the possibilities from the quantitative point of view. Methods: Costs of stroke treatment are evaluated from the social point of view. From their determination COI method with type of bottom-up approach has been picked out which includes all-life cost-of-illness. For comparison of costs both the treatment vari-ants the Cost-Minimization Analysis (CMA) has been chosen, the results of which shows net cost savings. Data are taken from non-public data of the provider (St. Anne 's Uni-versity Hospital Brno), Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Czech Statistical Office, foreign studies and consultations with neurologists as well. Results: Total social costs of treatment of stroke were 12 991 273 843,65 CZK. COI method was used to calculate average costs for one patient with Warfarin in the amount of 1 203 423,68 CZK, in case of alternative treatment with Xarelto in the amount of 1 465 963,32 CZK. Relaps creates the biggest item of the costs. CMA method was used to identify savings when Warfarin is administered in the average amount of 262 539,64 CZK per patient. The hypothesis that Xarelto is more effective from the economic point of view has not been confirmed. Conclusion: Because of high cost of Xarelto, this drug has not beaten the economic effectiveness of Warfarin with lower quality. It is possible to search for savings in other items of identified costs as well.

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