What Does it Cost to Treat a COVID-19 Patient in Kenya? (Brief)
https://kemri-wellcome.org/news/what-does-it-cost-to-treat-a-covid-19-patient-in-kenya/
Key Messages
• Per patient COVID-19 case management costs in hospitals are substantial ranging from KES 21,359 (U$ 202.47) per day for asymptomatic patients, KES 21,361 (U$ 202.50) per day for patients with mild symptoms, KES 24,705 (U$ 234.19) for patients with severe disease and KES 51,684 (U$ 489.93) for critical COVID-19 patients in ICU’s
• There is therefore an urgent need to develop a sustainable financing arrangement for COVID-19 for the country
• If these costs are passed on to patients to pay out of pocket, they will result in significant catastrophe and impoverishment
• It is imperative therefore for the country to develop a prepayment mechanism to provide financial risk protection to patients and households against the financial hardship that they will face if required to pay for COVID-19 case management costs out of pocket
• Per patient health system costs for COVID-19 case management are driven by PPE costs which accounts for approximately 65% of total costs
• Interventions to reduce PPE costs will improve the affordability of COVID-19 case management
• Home based care for asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 patients is 9 times cheaper to the health system compared to institutional care (hospitals or isolation centers)
• Institutional care is driven by PPE, accommodation & overhead (hotel) costs, and staff costs
• The cost savings from home care should however be weighed against feasibility of home-based care and resultant impact on health outcomes (for COVID-19 patients, and transmission risk)
Et pourquoi pas le même genre d’exercice en Haïti… ?
