Impacto económico de la malaria en el Perú

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La malaria es uno de los principales problemas de salud pública en el Perú y en el mundo. Además de los costos humanos, que son los más importantes, la malaria tiene también un impacto económico. El presente trabajo estima el costo que tiene la malaria para la sociedad peruana en 119.5 millones de nuevos soles para el año 1998, lo que equivale al 1.5 por ciento del gasto total en salud. Debido a que los principales costos de malaria son aquellos que se generan sobre las familias, que tienden a recuperarlos mediante un mayor esfuerzo familiar, ellos no son adecuadamente percibidos por la sociedad, lo que favorece la subvaluación de la importancia de la enfermedad. ABSTRACT Malaria is one of the more important public health problems in Peru and the world. Besides the human costs, that are the most important, malaria has an economic impact. This paper estimates the cost that malaria has for the peruvian society in 119.5 million of Soles in 1998, equal to 1.5 per cent of the total health expenditures. Because these costs are principally borned by the families, that try to recuperate them by additional work efforts, they are not well perceived by the society and the disease is subvalorated in public policies.

Author(s): Pedro Francke
Series: Documento de Trabajo (179)
Publisher: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) - Departamento de Economía
Year: 2000

Language: Spanish
Pages: 35
City: Lima
Tags: Peru