The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and characteristics of cervical cancer hospitalizations in the Autonomous Region of Madrid, and to estimate the resource consumption and costs related to hospital treatment of the disease.
A retrospective study was conducted by using information of the cervical cancer patients hospitalized in the Autonomous Region of Madrid from the national surveillance system for hospital data, Conjunto M铆nimo B谩sico de Datos. Data on resource consumption for costs analysis was collected from clinical records of women admitted to Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre of Madrid with cervical cancer.
During the study period (1999-2002) an annual average of 667 hospitalizations with cervical cancer in the Autonomous Region of Madrid hospitals were reported. Hospitalization rate were 30.7 per 100,000 women 鈮?20 years of age and the average number of hospitalizations per patient was 2.2. A total of 126 deaths among hospitalized women were reported during the study period (average annual number of 32 deaths). The mean cost per patient of the hospital treatment was estimated in 5.247 鈧?
Each year more approximately 700 cervical cancer cases are notified in the Autonomous Region of Madrid hospitals. These represent an annual expenditure for the health care system of about 3,5 millions 鈧?