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Costos de enfermedades: Una revisión crítica de las metodologías de estimación

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  • Ripari, Nadia Vanina
  • Moscoso, Nebel Silvana
  • Elorza, María Eugenia

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Resumen: Para avanzar en el conocimiento y estimación de la carga económica de una enfermedad surgen los estudios de costos de enfermedades. Estos identifican, cuantifican y valoran todos los recursos económicos asociados a una enfermedad, clasificándolos en costos directos, indirectos e intangibles. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo describir críticamente los diferentes métodos de estimación de cada uno de ellos. La valoración de los costos de una enfermedad generalmente involucra un vector de precios y cantidades. Las cantidades surgen de los recursos consumidos o perdidos. Los precios se estiman a partir del valor de mercado del bien o servicio, o bien, cuando no existe mercado, a partir de variables proxy o métodos específicos de estimación de preferencias individuales. Entre las principales debilidades metodológicas y teóricas encontradas se destacan problemas en la estimación del recurso tiempo", presencia de externalidades e imperfecciones de mercado y violación algunos postulados de teoría económica.Abstract: Studies on the cost of illness arise to advance knowledge and estimation of the economic burden of disease. These identify, quantify and value all the economic resources linked to a disease, and classify them as direct, indirect and intangible costs. The aim of this paper is to critically describe the different methods for estimating each of these costs. The valuation of the costs of an illness involves a vector of prices and quantities. The quantities arise from the resources used or lost. Prices are estimated from the market value of the good or service or, if it is a non-market good or service, then prices are estimated from proxy variables or specific methods of estimation of individual preferences. The main methodological and theoretical weaknesses found deal with the estimation of the `time´ resource, the presence of externalities and market imperfections and the violation of some assumptions of economic theory."

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  • Ripari, Nadia Vanina & Moscoso, Nebel Silvana & Elorza, María Eugenia, 2012. "Costos de enfermedades: Una revisión crítica de las metodologías de estimación," Revista Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000174:010687
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    Costos de enfermedades; métodos de estimación;

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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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