Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation Of Antihypertensive Therapy Using Cost Of Illness Analysis In Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State

Abstract

The major problem that prompted the study is the lack of adequate consideration for cast in drug selection and scarcity of facts on actual cost of illness to the patient and the society at large. To evaluate the impact of antihypertensive therapy on our limited resources, using Cost of Illness Analysis. Also to know the casts attributable to each component of cost of illness as well as the total cost due to each type of prescribed antihypertensive drugs over a specified period. On the overall, to serve as baseline data for policy and decision makers when planning for the various intervention models and for the society to be more informed on why life style modification is essential to minimize the incidence. It is mainly retrospective using patient case notes, in addition to stop- watch time studies and standard cost accounting technique. The various cost components such as drug procurement, transport, personnel and diagnostic costs over one year period were determined for each patient and added up. These were summed up to calculate the cost of illness analysis for all the patients considered and the average determined.

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