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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the costs and profile of patients who have filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Health for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with the onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma®). METHODS This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a census design, based on records of lawsuits filed against the Ministry of Health between January 2019 and September 2022. Data was requested from the Ministry of Health via the Access to Information Act. Information was extracted on the epidemiological profile of the beneficiaries of the lawsuits, as well as the expenses spent by the Ministry of Health in cases where the requests were granted. RESULTS 136 lawsuits were identified, of which 113 (83%) were favorable to patients at a cost of R$ 944.8 million in the period analyzed. Demographic (gender and age), clinical (SMA subtypes, use of ventilatory or nutritional support), and lawsuit (type of legal service) characteristics were not associated with the granting of lawsuits. Prior use of medication (nusinersena or ridisplam) was associated with the dismissal of lawsuits. Of the 113 lawsuits granted in favor of patients, only six (5.3%) would meet the criteria currently established by the National Committee for Health Technology Incorporation - Conitec (children up to six months without ventilatory and nutritional support). R$ 146 million was spent on supplying Zolgensma to children over the age of two, which is outside the recommendation contained in the drug’s package leaflet. CONCLUSIONS The Ministry of Health incurs a high cost with the judicialization of Zolgensma for SMA, representing 2.45% of total spending on medicines in the Unified Health System, including spending by the three administrative spheres. Some of the lawsuits have been granted in disagreement with the criteria established by health technology assessment agencies and the drug manufacturer’s recommendations.

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This study aimed to estimate the cost of implementing a center for assisted human reproduction in a public reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The cost analysis was carried out from the perspective of the SUS provider of assistance. The eligible population was men and women diagnosed with the most frequent causes of infertility. The cost items included in primary care and medium complexity were consultations and examinations and in high complexity were equipment, human resources and supplies. Costs were identified and quantified through consultation with assisted reproduction clinics, specialists and literature. They have been valued through public databases. Data analysis was performed using an analytical decision model that included costs of assisted reproduction and effectiveness procedures. The cost per procedure in high complexity was R$ 18,829 for in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection and R$ 5,649 for artificial insemination. The initial investment required to operate the high complexity center for 480 cycles was R$ 15,903,361 in the first year, which included structuring the physical environment. Estimating the investment required for the incorporation and maintenance of services in SUS is essential for the management of available financial resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze the public spending of outpatient production for urinary incontinence in men of the Unified Health System in Brazil and regions between the years 2010 to 2019. Methods: This is an observational and descriptive study carried out for the North, Northeast, South, Southeast and Midwest regions of Brazil over a period of ten years. Data were obtained from the Outpatient Information System and Extracted and Processed by the TABWIN Program version 4.1.5. The selection of data was organized by the amount paid of procedures according to male gender, age group greater then 20 years and regions of Brazil. Result: In the period studied, the average public expenditure on outpatient production for urinary incontinence in men was R$ 92,141.00 per year, with an increase of 590% between 2010 and 2019. The South region had the highest of procedures expenditures when compared to the Midwest region. The largest expenditures were concentrated in the more developed regions like the Southeast region which had a total expenditure of R$ 570,792.87, followed by the South region, with a total expenditure of R$ 192,115.73. Spending with men between 60 and 69 years old was significantly higher than in the age groups between 20 and 49 years old and over 80 years old. Conclusion: The results show that there is a concentration of outpatient expenses with urinary incontinence in men in geographic regions with better infrastructure and is associated with population aging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The "Cartão de Pagamento do Governo Federal", as known as public corporate card, was introduced in Brazil in 2001, on Cardoso's government. The public corporate card must be used following the public administration principles - laid out on the caput of 37th Federal Constitution article - especially the impartiality and publicity ones. Thereby, this project has the objective to analyze the spending of the 5 federal civil servants with the biggest expenses made with the "Cartão de Pagamento do Governo Federal" in 2018, and, thus, show the card's outlook. In this year, there were 6.006 federal civil servants who had the right to use the card and these ones had expenses which correspond to 0,01% of the whole government spending. The five employees generated a cost that ranged from R$97.000,00 to R$ 121.000,00 and their allocation was on the ministry of defense, ministry of education and ministry of economics. On the other hand, the data available on Portal da Transparência website was not enough to develop a analysis cost by cost. Therefore, it was conclude that the 5 biggest cost with public corporate card have gaps and need more information to provide the necessary information to the citezens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Narrative/ introduction. In the last edition of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines - SSC guidelines - recommendations regarding the optimization of antibiotics pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) were made. Among these, the use of extended infusion of beta-lactams (penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenems), are proposed to improve clinical and microbiological outcomes. However, according to the authors, studies of the economic implications of extended infusion – cost-effectiveness studies – are needed for these recommendations. Caveats. Sepsis represents a huge economic burden around the world due to the need for hospital and ICU beds, qualified staff and therapies for the treatment of the pathology, whereas it is known that antibiotics are the mainstay therapy. The basic research question for cost-effectiveness studies is to understand the superiority of a new and more expensive intervention over the "standard" therapy and, then, the implications of this in a health system and time perspective. However, extended infusion of antibiotics has shown a benefit in clinical outcomes and its use can reduce direct costs since is less expensive than the standard approach, considering that smaller amounts of the antibiotic are needed to reach the same PK/PD and clinical effect. Moreover, additional costs to do an extended infusion would not be significant, and more effective therapy could also reduce the indirect economic burden on the health systems. Therefore, it is beyond the scope of cost-effectiveness analyses, and should be incorporated by health systems.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought healthcare systems to the brink of collapse worldwide, imposing relevant economic challenges. Objective: To analyze the costs related to the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on human resource management in a Portuguese hospital. Methodology: Economic, retrospective, and single-center study. This study analyzed the costs of absenteeism, hiring new staff, and overtime work by health professionals (nurses, physicians, operational assistants, and diagnostic and therapeutic technicians) and compared data from March 1 to May 31, 2020 to the same period in 2019 to determine differences in costs. Results: Data from 6,994 health professionals were included. Compared to 2019, an additional 8,817,199.84€ were spent on staff in this trimester (absenteeism: €6,842,284.64; hiring new staff: €363,540.03; overtime work: €1,611,375.17). Conclusion: In the first trimester of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall costs with health professionals almost tripled, representing almost €9 million more than in the same period in 2019. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This teaching case aims to understand how incremental cost analysis can be applied in decision-making. The case portrays a fishing company in the segment that suffered a disruption in demand from the international market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its managers, who already acted to mitigate previous financial problems, now need to decide how to dispose of fish production during the pandemic. The case encourages the development of analytical competence on the impact of a rupture in demand, the identification of relevant costs for decision-making from an income statement, and managerial decision-making based on incremental cost analyzes. This case, based on interviews and estimated accounting data, was designed for undergraduate and graduate courses focused on costs in the areas of Business and Accounting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed by residents of the first and second-year of a general surgery residency program. We studied the primary total cost of treatment and complication rates as primary outcomes, comparing the groups operated by senior and resident surgeons. Methods: this was a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed in a training hospital of large surgical volume in Brazil, in the period between June 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019. The study population comprised patients who underwent elective cholecystectomy due to uncomplicated chronic calculous cholecystitis or to the presence of gallbladder polyps with surgical indication. We divided the cases into three groups, based on the graduation of the main surgeon at the time of the procedure: first-year residents (R1), second-year residents (R2), and trained general surgeons (GS). Results: during the study period, 1,052 laparoscopic cholecystectomies were performed, of which 1,035 procedures met the inclusion criteria, with 78 (7.5%) patients operated on with the participation of first-year residents (R1), 500 (48.3%) patients with the participation of second-year residents (R2), and 457 (44.2%) with the participation of senior surgeons only. There was no difference in conversion rates, complications, and reporting of adverse events between groups. We observed a significant difference regarding hospitalization costs (p = 0.003), with a higher mean for the patients operated with the participation of R1, of US$ 2,671.13, versus US$ 2,414.60 and US$ 2,396.24 for the procedures performed by senior surgeons and R2, respectively. Conclusions: laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the participation of residents is safe, even in their first years of training. There is an additional cost of about 10% in the treatment of patient operated with the participation of first-year residents. There was no significant difference in the cost of the group operated by second-year residents.

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ABSTRACT Objective: Hemipelvectomy is a complex surgery with a high complication rate. Here, we aimed to identify factors related to the onset of complications and calculate their impacts on hospital costs. Methods: We evaluated 31 consecutive patients who underwent hemipelvectomy between 1999 and 2015. We assessed the clinical and radiographic data to determine the patients’ demographic factors, tumor and surgical characteristics, and complications. The individual hospital stays and financial balances were assessed up to 6 months following the index surgery. Results: The overall complication rate was 61% (19/31). Infection was the most prevalent complication (36%). Immediate postoperative death occurred in 5/31 patients (16%); another 5 (16%) died after hospital discharge due to disease progression. Histological grade, previous surgery, and previous radiotherapy were not associated with complications or infection. Acetabular resections, bone reconstruction, and longer operative times were associated with infection, whereas older age, pelvic organ involvement, and comorbidities were associated with immediate postoperative death. Complications and infection were associated with 4.8- and 5.9-fold increases in hospital costs, respectively. Conclusions: Acetabular resection and bone reconstruction are important factors that increase short-term complication rates, infection rates, and hospital costs. Mortality was associated with older age and adjacent pelvic tumor progression. Level of Evidence: IV, case series.

The characteristics and particularities found in the organizations that are part of the Third Sector provides the academy with a broad field of research for those addressing subjects related to financial sustainability and the appropriate use of resources. In this sense, the Strategic Cost Management (SCM) provides information and tools capable of assisting institutions in the efficient management of their costs and revenues, generating data on productivity, quality and other critical factors necessary for decision making, whether it is profit or non-profit company. Thus, analyzing the evolution and the characteristics of the scientific production of costs focused in this segment, which is the objective of our article. The methodology applied in the development of the following study was quantitative, descriptive and documentary. The academic production in the period from 2008 to 2017 was sought by consulting the databases of 40 national journals and four of the main events of accounting and costs, resulting in a sample of 25 articles. From the analysis of the results, we could observe that the theme of cost production applied to the Third Sector is still incipient and was mostly originated in the Brazilian Congress of Costs. Furthermore, we also identified that the publications in journals are inexpressive and that most of the studies focused on the survey and analysis of the institutions costs, and the identification of costing tools and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ABSTRACT: Even in areas of predominance of Caiuá sandstone, with soils of low natural fertility that are highly susceptible to erosion and degradation processes, farmers have adopted systems with little diversification, because they believe that they provide a greater economic return. However, agricultural practices such as crop rotation can bring agronomic benefits in terms of conservation agriculture, in addition to economic gains, circumventing edaphoclimatic difficulties in the region. In this context, the objective of this study is to verify whether no-till crop rotation systems are economically profitable, in a Caiuá sandstone area in the northwest region of the Brazilian state of Paraná. To this end, an experiment was conducted in the municipality of Umuarama, state of Paraná, in the crop year 2014/15 to 2016/17. The experimental design used random blocks, with four treatments and four repetitions. The treatments consisted of four crop rotation systems, involving wheat, black oats, canola, safflower, rye, crambe, beans, maize, fodder radish, soybean, sorghum, lupin beans, buckwheat, and triticale cultivars. Crop yields, operating costs, income, and net farm income were assessed. From the results, it was reported that the highest income was obtained in the systems that adopted the largest number of winter and summer commercial crops. Only one treatment was profitable, that is, it had a positive net farm income. This scenario may be associated with the fragility of the region’s soil, which having low fertility, requires a high investment in fertilization and liming to ensure adequate production.

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Objective. To estimate the cost attributable to arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity in the Unified Health System of Brazil in 2018. Method. The study estimated the cost attributable to non-communicable chronic diseases based on relative risk and population prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, considering the cost of hospitalizations, outpatient procedures, and medications distributed by the SUS to treat these diseases. Cost data were obtained from SUS information systems. The analysis explored the cost of disease according to sex and age in the adult population. Results. The total cost of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity in the SUS reached R$ 3.45 billion (95%CI: 3.15- 3.75) in 2018, that is, more than US$ 890 million. Of this amount, 59% referred to the treatment of hypertension, 30% to diabetes, and 11% to obesity. The age group from 30 to 69 years accounted for 72% of the total costs, and women accounted for 56%. When obesity was considered separately as a risk factor for hypertension and diabetes, the cost attributable to this diseases reached R$ 1.42 billion (95%CI: 0.98-1.87), i.e., 41% of the total cost. Conclusions. The estimates of costs attributable to the main chronic diseases associated with inadequate diet revealed a heavy economic burden of these disorders for the SUS. The data show the need to prioritize integrated and intersectoral policies for the prevention and control of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, and may support the advocacy for interventions such as fiscal and regulatory measures to ensure that the objectives of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition are met. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The intensive care unit (ICU) is a high-cost unit in a hospital, because it requires specific space, specialized personnel, and a specific range of technologies for care. Many patients need long-term invasive mechanical ventilation (MV), which consequently generates an even higher cost to the hospital. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with the increased hospitalization costs of patients receiving invasive MV in the ICU. Method: This was a cross-sectional study of 316 ICU patients receiving invasive MV. Data were collected from the patients' medical records. The following variables were investigated: age, sex, cause of hospitalization, admission diagnosis, comorbidities, Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS-3), ICU stay, MV days, reintubations, readmissions, and ICU and intrahospital mortality. Results: The factors associated with increased hospitalization costs were longer hospitalization after ICU discharge (4 days, range 0-12), longer MV duration (7 days, range 3-14), smoking, longer ICU stay (10 days, range 5-18), and presence of nosocomial infection. Conclusion: Factors that increase hospitalization costs were identified, including prolonged MV, prolonged ICU stay, prolonged hospitalization after ICU discharge, smoking, and presence of nosocomial infection. Knowledge of these factors can help healthcare professionals improve resource allocation and post-ICU care planning. Management strategies should be shared with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes, management of healthcare-related costs, and patient outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the cost of the Gene Xpert MTB/Rif® technology and analyze its contribution to the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. Method: quantitative and retrospective study, carried out in the period from 2014 to 2016. Data search was performed on the Information System of Disease Notification and on the Laboratory Environment Manager. The data were analyzed based on the techniques of descriptive statistics through distribution of absolute and relative frequency. Results: 196 cases were studied, and the average time to perform the test for diagnosis of tuberculosis through Gene Xpert MTB/Rif® was two days, with a cost of 35.20R$ per test performed. Conclusion: the costs of Gene Technology Xpert MTB/Rif® are relatively higher than that of sputum smear microscopy, but have great advantages in time to release the test result and higher sensitivity and specificity offered by the rapid molecular assay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work focuses on identifying the degree of technological modernization of irrigants in the municipality of Cariús - Ceará, by a technological factor index. The method of analysis consisted of the factorial analysis process (PCA) and the analysis of the costs (fixed and variable) of the activity. For the operation of the data the RStudio software was used. The results indicate that these irrigators in their majority have technological levels considered low and medium, not counting that there is still the lack of support on the part of the organs that administer the municipality. Regarding the analysis of variable costs, it was observed that fertilizer expenditure was the component with the greatest impact in its composition, already in relation to fixed costs, the entrepreneur's remuneration stands out as the most representative factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To evaluate the cost and measure the budgetary impact of absenteeism of the nursing professional to a public health institution. Methodology: This is a cost analysis on the absenteeism of nursing professionals linked to a university institution held in 11 months of 2018. Results: Psychiatric and musculoskeletal pathologies were prevalent in the etiology of withdrawal. The total cost of loss was $ 288,615.45 and the average cost of $ 11,544.62 by professional representing the size of the financial impact. Conclusion: The budgetary impact on health institutions is great when there is absenteeism of nursing professionals due to work-related illnesses. It is believed that investing in prevention programs may have an impact in reducing these costs and improving the quality of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To evaluate the risks of sickness present in the work activities of construction workers and the factors associated with the risk of illness in this population. Methods: This is a cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach, through the Inventory of Work and Illness Risks. Participated 75 workers linked to a construction company, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee under CAAE n.º 22445413.3.0000.0118. Results: There was a predominance of males, between 18 and 28 years of age, married, with low schooling, with 6 to 10 years of profession. Emphasis is given to the factors: Conditions of Work, Physical Cost and Lack of Recognition, which had "negative, severe" evaluation, characterizing human cost production and labor suffering. Results: The results point out risks of illness among construction professionals. Conclusion: It is necessary to review the working conditions in the scenario investigated in order to reduce the risk of illness among construction workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aiming to analyze timber production activity from the Producer Forest Program as an economic investment alternative, we collected data from eucalyptus plantations. We considered the costs of establishment, harvest and transportation separately. The costs of implantation and the price of wood (m³) were obtained from the company Fibria S.A. The harvesting and transportation costs were obtained from questionnaires applied in six properties in municipalities in the south of Espírito Santo State. All values of costs and prices were adjusted by the IPCA for 2014. The assessment includes an analysis of the costs for the production process, harvesting and transport and its participation in the total cost of the activity. It also includes the calculation of economic indicators of the activity as income gross, gross margin, net margin, profitability and rentability. The costs with greater participation in the production process were cost of land (34.91%), implantation (23.33%), transport (21.09%) and harvest (20.65%). According to the applied economic indices, the reforestation investment proved to be an economically viable alternative to producers, considering the obtained productivity and the wood price practiced by the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aimed at identifying the hospitalization costs of pregnant women with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) at a University Hospital. It is an observational, quantitative study with descriptive data analysis. The direct and indirect costs available in the institution were identified in order to determine the hospitalization costs for patients diagnosed with DM during pregnancy and childbirth. By means of descriptive statistics, it was observed that 63.46% of the patients had caesarean delivery; the mean total cost was R$ 362.93 (U$ 218.10)/hospitalization during pregnancy, R$ 2,642.65 (U$ 1,588.13)/hospitalization for caesarean delivery, and R$ 2.319.77 (U$ 1,394.09)/hospitalization for vaginal delivery. It was concluded that the analysis of hospitalization costs for patients with DM is of utmost importance, since they are high-complexity hospitalizations that require a large number of interventions, increasing thus the service costs.O trabalho teve como objetivo identificar os custos das internações de gestantes portadoras de Diabetes Mellitus (DM) de um Hospital Universitário. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, quantitativo com análise descritiva dos dados. Foram identificados os custos diretos e indiretos disponíveis na instituição para a determinação dos custos das internações de pacientes com diagnóstico de DM durante a gestação e no parto. Por meio de análise estatística descritiva, verificou-se que 63,46% das pacientes realizaram parto cesárea; o custo médio total foi de R$ 362,93/internação durante a gestação, R$2642,65/internação para o parto cesárea e R$2319,77/internação para o parto vaginal. Conclui-se que é extremamente importante a realização da análise dos custos das internações de pacientes com DM, pois são internações de alto risco, que requerem grande número de intervenções, aumentando os custos do serviço.

Health issues and environmental concerns have drawn the attention to organic agriculture aiming to protect the natural balance and to produce without damaging the environment. This study aims determining economic feasibility of organic greenhouse lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in an on farm trial, to foster organic greenhouse vegetable production in the preservation area of Tahtali Dam, projected as the sole water resource of Izmir, Turkey's third largest. A 384 m² greenhouse, constructed of galvanized metal tubing anchored and covered with a polyethylene was analyzed to identify typical operation procedures, and to determine unitary construction and operation cost. Organic lettuces were produced during autumn season of 2001-2002, testing different organic fertilizer applications, including two rates of farmyard and poultry manure (30 and 50 t ha-1) with and without two organic fertilizers based on either bacteria or algae. Economical analysis was performed according to different organic fertilizer applications. Cost, yield, and price data were analyzed to determine the profitability of a typical operation. Net return obtained from organic lettuce growing ranged between us $ 0.376 and us $ 0.901 m-2, as a result of different fertilizer applications.Preocupações sanitárias e ambientais têm atraído a atenção para a prática da agricultura orgânica como meio de proteger o balanço ambiental e produzir sem danificar o ambiente. Este estudo objetiva determinar a viabilidade econômica da produção em estufa da alface (Latuca sativa L.) em um ensaio de campo, a fim de incentivar a produção orgânica de vegetais na área de preservação do Reservatório Tahtali, projetado como o único recurso hídrico de Izmir, a terceira maior cidade da Turquia. Uma estufa de tubos galvanizados (384 m²), ancorados e cobertos com polietileno, foi analisada para identificar procedimentos operacionais padronizados e determinar custos unitários de construção e operação. Alfaces orgânicas foram produzidas no outono de 2001-2002, testando diferentes aplicações de sobras compostadas e esterco de granja avícola como fertilizantes orgânicos (30 e 50 t ha-1), com ou sem a adição de fertilizantes comerciais bacterianos ou algais. A análise econômica foi feita de acordo com as quantidades de fertilizantes utilizadas. A determinação da lucratividade foi feita com base na análise de dados de custos, produtividade e preço. O lucro líquido obtido da produção orgânica de alface em estufa variou entre US$ 0.376 e US$ 0.901 m-2.

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