The pandora project: cost of XXXX from a general practitioner database.

@entity1 @entity101 @entity7634
AIM: The Pandora Project is a longitudinal database--implemented by general practitioners since June 1997 in the Ravenna area (Italy)--providing information on @entity1 with @entity101 . Data from 1,651 @entity1 were followed up for I year in order to investigate the cost of @entity101 . Only direct medical costs were considered in the perspective of the National Healthcare System. FINDINGS: At enrollment, 552 @entity1 were classified as normotensive, 1,099 as @entity101 . After 1 year, among normotensive group, 352 @entity1 remained normotensive and 200 became @entity101 ; among @entity101 group, 323 @entity1 became normotensive and 776 remained @entity101 . The average total cost per @entity1 at follow-up was 779.59 @entity7634 . About 46% of total cost was due to anti- @entity101 therapy, irrespective of the evolution of blood pressure levels registered, whilst other direct costs represented 54% of total @entity1 cost in all cohorts. It is possible that co-morbidities play a significant role in this situation. @entity1 aged 80-89 years generate higher costs. Even if further investigation is needed on the burden of comorbidity on a per- @entity1 cost of @entity101 , this work provides evidence that the average total cost per @entity1 is likely to increase with age and co-morbidities. Key words: cost-of-illness, costs, economics, @entity101 .
