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: Received: 20 June 2024 / Approved: 21 June 2024 / Online: 21 June 2024 (14:46:24 CEST)
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Muhammad Ali, S.; Anam, T.; Mustafa, M. B.; Arif, N.; Zafar, F.; Sarwar, S.; Aamir, M.; Kalam, M. N. Economic Burden of Acne Vulgaris: A Cost of Illness Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024061543. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1543.v1
Muhammad Ali, S.; Anam, T.; Mustafa, M. B.; Arif, N.; Zafar, F.; Sarwar, S.; Aamir, M.; Kalam, M. N. Economic Burden of Acne Vulgaris: A Cost of Illness Analysis. Preprints 2024, 2024061543. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1543.v1
Muhammad Ali, S.; Anam, T.; Mustafa, M. B.; Arif, N.; Zafar, F.; Sarwar, S.; Aamir, M.; Kalam, M. N. Economic Burden of Acne Vulgaris: A Cost of Illness Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024061543. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1543.v1
APA Style
Muhammad Ali, S., Anam, T., Mustafa, M. B., Arif, N., Zafar, F., Sarwar, S., Aamir, M., & Kalam, M. N. (2024). Economic Burden of Acne Vulgaris: A Cost of Illness Analysis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1543.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Muhammad Ali, S., Muhammad Aamir and Muhammad Nasir Kalam. 2024 "Economic Burden of Acne Vulgaris: A Cost of Illness Analysis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1543.v1
Abstract
Background & Objective: Acne Vulgaris is a common skin disease, with 5 % prevalence in Pakistan and has a significant physiological, psychological, emotional and social impact on the population, our study aims to estimate its annual economic burden per person in Pakistan.Methodology: Economic burden was estimated by using Cost of Illness analysis. All types of costs, including direct medication costs, direct non-medical costs and indirect costs due to loss of work. Data were collected from online databases and literature reviews. Results: Cost of illness analysis estimated that the cost of Acne Vulgaris treatment varies for mild, Moderate and severe acne. Acne is causing an annual economic burden of PKR 1,92,366 PKR per person (direct cost is PKR 1,86,366 and indirect cost 6,000) for an expensive treatment and PKR 53,550 (direct cost is PKR 47550 and indirect cost 6,000) for a cheap treatment. Limitation: Being an LMIC, Pakistan needs extensive study on the pharmacoeconomic analysis of Acne for proper and rational allocation of resources. Conclusion: Acne has a significant economic burden in Pakistan. Even with significant impact of Acne, there is very minute work done about Acne in Pakistan.
Keywords
Acne vulgaris, Cost of Illness, Economic burden, Direct medical costs, Indirect costs, Pakistan.
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dermatology
Copyright:
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