Hemophilia: a high cost low volume disease: suitable preventive strategies for developing and developed countries

K Ghosh, S Shetty, K Ghosh - The Open Hematology Journal, 2008 - benthamopen.com
K Ghosh, S Shetty, K Ghosh
The Open Hematology Journal, 2008benthamopen.com
Hemophilia A & B are congenital bleeding disorders affecting 1: 10-20,000 population and
1: 20 to 40,000 population respectively. Hemophilia represents the prototype of high cost
low volume disease. Eighty persons of world hemophilia population lives in financially poor
developing countries, where< 2% of GDP is usually spent for total health care. In India, with
a population of more than 1 billion and growth rate of around 2% atleast 2000 new
hemophilia patients are born every year. On a conservative estimate 50% of them have …
Abstract
Hemophilia A & B are congenital bleeding disorders affecting 1: 10-20,000 population and 1: 20 to 40,000 population respectively. Hemophilia represents the prototype of high cost low volume disease. Eighty persons of world hemophilia population lives in financially poor developing countries, where< 2% of GDP is usually spent for total health care. In India, with a population of more than 1 billion and growth rate of around 2% atleast 2000 new hemophilia patients are born every year. On a conservative estimate 50% of them have severe disease and with modern treatment, will require additional USD 36,000/year/patient ie a 36 million dollar incremental additional health care burden each year to manage these 1000 severe hemophilia patient. Which is added to our existing pool of haemophiliacs, estimated at 1, 00,000-1, 20,000.
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