Cost of Illness Patient Covid-19

Abstract

Introduction: According to statistics published in the worldometers database, more than 6,719,815 people in Indonesia have been infected with Covid-19 as of December 2022 and of them more than 160,612 people have died.The spread of Covid-19 has had a broad social and economic impact. From an economic perspective, the increase in the number of patients and disease complications due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus has resulted in high direct medical costs and high indirect medical costs, affecting the health system and government. Method: This research is a non-experimental analytic study with a cross-sectional study design. Data was collected retrospectively from patient medical records and claims data which consisted of details of direct medical costs during treatment to find out the cost of caring for Covid-19 patients during the period January - December 2021. Result: This study used data on 1462 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized during the January-December 2021 period. A total of 1223 patients were declared cured while 239 patients died with the majority of the Covid-19 case category in patients treated being confirmed with mild severity. Conclusion: It is important to have sound health financing policies in place so that you can weather economic storms. Covid-19 financial analysis can be used to develop a systematic approach to making decisions and a roadmap for future risk management.