Direct cost of medical care in patients with gonarthrosis

Villarreal-Rı́os, Enrique; Cedillo-García, Margarita; Vargas-Daza, Emma Rosa; Galicia-Rodríguez, Liliana; Martínez-González, Lidia; Escorcia-Reyes, Verónica

doi:10.1016/j.reumae.2017.09.006

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“…1). Of these, 13 publications reported studies of populations from the Latin American region [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], with over 60% of studies from Mexico [11,[16][17][18]22] and Ecuador [13][14][15] (Fig. 2).…”

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“…2). All of the 13 studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] reported knee OA and 5 (38%) studies The overall prevalence of physician-diagnosed symptomatic knee OA among men and women ≥ 18 years of age (Table 2) ranged from 1.55% in the Peruvian population [21] to 7.4% in Ecuador [14]. Among those ≥ 40 years of age in Mexico, the total prevalence of symptomatic knee OA was 19.6% [18].…”

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“…There was limited evidence for economic burden in Latin America, with only two studies [10,22] meeting the inclusion criteria for this analysis. Direct costs were most frequently reported and indicated a substantial financial burden, especially for imaging tests and knee OA requiring surgical intervention.…”

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Assessing the burden of osteoarthritis in Latin America: a rapid evidence assessment

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This rapid evidence assessment (REA) was conducted to explore the burden of weight-bearing joint osteoarthritis in the developing countries of Latin America. REA methodology used a standardized search strategy to identify observational studies published from 2010 to 23 April 2020 that reported outcomes pertaining to the epidemiology and humanistic or economic burden of weight-bearing osteoarthritis. Relevant data from each included study were used to populate bespoke data extraction tables and qualitatively analyzed. Thirteen publications were identified that reported on knee and hip osteoarthritis in the Latin American region. Overall prevalence of physician-diagnosed symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in adults ranged from 1.55% in Peru to 7.4% in Ecuador. Total prevalence of grade ≥ 2 radiographic knee osteoarthritis was 22% among those ≥ 39 years of age in Brazil and 25.5% among those ≥ 40 years of age in Mexico. The prevalence of symptomatic/radiographic knee osteoarthritis was 7.1% in people ≥ 18 years of age in Mexico and 17.6% among those ≥ 40 years of age. Prevalence of hip osteoarthritis was similar to or slightly lower than knee osteoarthritis. The limited data available indicates weight-bearing osteoarthritis negatively affects quality of life and that the economic burden may vary between countries with different healthcare systems. The limited evidence found in the published literature suggests the burden of osteoarthritis in Latin America is substantial. Our analysis identified several evidence gaps, particularly for health-related quality of life and socioeconomic outcomes. Further research is of particular importance in areas where government-subsidized healthcare and resources are scarce.

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