Estimation of Economic Losses Resulting from Diseases Associated with Smoking in Mexican Insured and Uninsured Population

Abstract

A629health-insured patients: from the 4th day of disability, the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social covers 60% of wages, 2) Private health-insured: economical loss of private beneficiaries is a 20% co-pay plus daily average income lost. 3) No-healthinsurance: Medical costs and absenteeism represent the economical loss. Costs are expressed in 2014 USD (1USD= 13MXN). Morbidity cases were extracted from published data by National Institute of Public Health and used to calculate a weighted average of economical losses for each scenario. Results: The distribution of people with smoking-related disease (AMI, COPD and LC) was 25.0%, 65.4% and 9.6%, respectively. Patients in scenario 1) 2) and 3) spend/lose an average of $446.6, $8,448.2 and $37,384.95 per year, respectively (medical costs are the drivers of the economic resources lost by not-insured population).