Calculation of the Average Cost per Case of Dengue Fever in Mexico Using a Micro-Costing Approach.

• Main Authors: Adriana Zubieta-Zavala (Author), Guillermo Salinas-Escudero (Author), Adrian Ramírez-Chávez (Author), Luis García-Valladares (Author), Malaquias López-Cervantes (Author), Juan Guillermo López Yescas (Author), Luis Durán-Arenas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION:The increasing burden of dengue fever (DF) in the Americas, and the current epidemic in previously unaffected countries, generate major costs for national healthcare systems. There is a need to quantify the average cost per DF case. In Mexico, few data are available on costs, despite DF...