Urszula Zalewska
Poland
Research Article
The Indirect Costs of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Poland
Author(s): Tomasz Macioch, Urszula Zalewska, Elżbieta Sobol, Beata Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, Arkadiusz Krakowiecki and Tomasz HermanowskiTomasz Macioch, Urszula Zalewska, Elżbieta Sobol, Beata Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, Arkadiusz Krakowiecki and Tomasz Hermanowski
Aim: The purpose of this study was to estimate the productivity loss and indirect costs associated with foot ulcers in patients with diabetic foot syndrome (DFS). An additional goal was to estimate the productivity loss and indirect costs in the population of informal caregivers of patients with DFS.
Methods: Based on a prospective survey the effects of ulcers on patients’ professional activities were measured, and in addition, the disease-associated loss of productivity in the population of professionally active patients and caregivers was examined. Loss of productivity was measured using a modified WPAI questionnaire. The indirect costs of both absenteeism and presenteeism were estimated using the human capital approach.
Results: Mean absenteeism was estimated at 32.63% of .. View More»
