The costs of Medical Genetic Care for pregnant women in Pinar del Río province

Authors

  • Deysi Licourt Otero Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.
  • Niurka Cabrera Rodríguez Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.
  • Laura Gómez Casal Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Health care costs, Health planning, Prenatal care, Health economics.

Abstract

Introduction: currently the continuous increase in the cost of health care is a global concern; hence it is necessary to achieve economic awareness among health professionals.
Objective: to analyze the costs of Medical Genetic Care for pregnant women presenting high genetic risk in the provincial service of Medical Genetics during 2014.
Material and methods: a retrospective study was conducted in the field of economic assessment in health care. It is a descriptive study of costs of consultations from the identification of the problems in the service. Ranking method was used to prioritize problems.
Results: The total cost of diagnostic prenatal ultrasound for high-risk pregnant women was $ 14.03 for every 5 of them, $ 2.81 each one. The estimated costs of amniocentesis consultation were $ 934.58 for 15 patients, concerning the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies the expenses reached $ 634.57.
Conclusions: the average cost obtained to perform genetic tests was $ 360.44 CUP for every pregnant woman presenting high genetic risk and attending to the provincial service of Medical Genetics in Pinar del Río during 2014, which allowed to carry out a comparative analysis and budgetary economic assessments, as well as to weight up the quality of medical care for this important program.

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Author Biographies

Deysi Licourt Otero, Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Genética Clínica y Segundo Grado en Genética Clínica. Máster en Atención Integral al niño. Investigadora Auxiliar.

Niurka Cabrera Rodríguez, Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.

Licenciada en Enfermería. Máster en Asesoramiento Genético.

Laura Gómez Casal, Centro Provincial de Genética Médica. Pinar del Río.

Licenciada en Economía

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2015-10-28

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Licourt Otero D, Cabrera Rodríguez N, Gómez Casal L. The costs of Medical Genetic Care for pregnant women in Pinar del Río province. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 28 [cited 2025 Aug. 29];19(5):840-52. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/2236

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