TITLE:
Prospective Study of the Changes in Pharmacotherapy Cost of Adult Kidney Transplant Patients in Bulgaria
AUTHORS:
Svetla Georgieva, Guenka Petrova, Maria Dimitrova, Lily Peikova, Emil Paskalev, Jean Filipov, Borelli Zlatkov
KEYWORDS:
Kidney Transplantation; Pharmacotherapy; Cost Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.4 No.12,
December
17,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study is to analyze the changes in the ambulatory
pharmacotherapy cost of kidney transplant patients in Bulgaria during the years
2006-2011 and the factors influencing it. It is a prospective cost study
of changes in ambulatory pharmacotherapy cost. The cost of pharmacotherapy was calculated per patient per year and per
month on average. In total, 21 therapeutic
schemes were prescribed for 589 individuals per year on average. Most often,
the prescribed therapeutic scheme was ciclosporin + mycophenolate, 38% to
39% of all cases during 2006 and 2011 respectively. Average cost of therapy
differs in great interval and depends on age of the patients, place of
transplantation, life with the graft, development of the citomegalovirus
infection etc. Our study shows that the average monthly cost of pharmacotherapy
decreases during 2006-2011, as a result of introduction of generic immune
suppressors. All evaluated factors influence the statistically significant cost
of pharmacotherapy.