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Use of Statewide Hospital Discharge Data to Evaluate the Economic Burden of Neurocysticercosis in Los Angeles County (1991–2008)
Curtis Croker
Curtis Croker
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, Los Angeles, California
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Statewide hospital discharge data were used to assess the economic burden of neurocysticercosis in Los Angeles County (LAC) from 1991 through 2008. A neurocysticercosis hospitalization was defined as having a discharge diagnosis of cysticercosis in addition to convulsions, seizures, hydrocephalus, cerebral edema or cerebral cysts. This study identified 3,937 neurocysticercosis hospitalizations, with the number of annual hospitalizations remaining relatively unchanged over the study period (R2 = 0.01), averaging 219 per year (range 180–264). The total of all neurocysticercosis hospitalization charges over the study period was $136.2 million, averaging $7.9 million per year. The average charge per patient was $37.6 thousand and the most common payment method was Medicaid (43.9%), followed by private insurance (24.5%). The average length of stay was 7.2 days. The substantial number of hospitalizations and significant economic cost underscore the importance of neurocysticercosis in LAC.
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Authors' addresses: Curtis Croker, Roshan Reporter, and Laurene Macsola, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, Los Angeles, CA, E-mails: ccroker@ph.lacounty.gov, rreporter@ph.lacounty.gov, and lmascola@ph.lacounty.gov.
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Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Gavidia CM, Tsang VC, Rodriguez S, Moulton LH, Villaran MV, Montano SM, Gonzalez AE, 2009. Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e371.
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2.
Willingham AL 3rd, Harrison LJ, Fevre EM, Parkhouse ME, 2008. Inaugural meeting of the Cysticercosis Working Group in Europe. Emerg Infect Dis 14: e2.
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3.
Morales J, Martinez JJ, Rosetti M, Fleury A, Maza V, Hernandez M, Villalobos N, Fragoso G, de Aluja AS, Larralde C, Sciutto E, 2008. Spatial distribution of Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis within a rural area of Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2: e284.
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4.
Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Guezala MC, Tsang VC, Gavidia CM, Rodriguez S, Moulton LH, Green JA, Gonzalez AE, 2007. Swine cysticercosis hotspots surrounding Taenia solium tapeworm carriers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 76: 376–383.
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5.
Sorvillo FJ, DeGiorgio C, Waterman SH, 2007. Deaths from cysticercosis, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 13: 230–235.
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6.
DeGiorgio C, Pietsch-Escueta S, Tsang V, Corral-Leyva G, Ng L, Medina MT, Astudillo S, Padilla N, Leyva P, Martinez L, Noh J, Levine M, del Villasenor R, Sorvillo F, 2005. Sero-prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis in California, USA. Acta Neurol Scand 111: 84–88.
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7.
Richards FO Jr, Schantz PM, Ruiz-Tiben E, Sorvillo FJ, 1985. Cysticercosis in Los Angeles County. JAMA 254: 3444–3448.
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8.
Sorvillo FJ, Waterman SH, Richards FO, Schantz PM, 1992. Cysticercosis surveillance: locally acquired and travel-related infections and detection of intestinal tapeworm carriers in Los Angeles County. Am J Trop Med Hyg 47: 365–371.
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9.
del la Garza Y, Graviss EA, Daver NG, Gambarin KJ, Shandera WX, Schantz PM, White AC Jr, 2005. Epidemiology of neurocysticercosis in Houston, Texas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73: 766–770.
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10.
Scharf D, 1988. Neurocysticercosis. Two hundred thirty-eight cases from a California hospital. Arch Neurol 45: 777–780.
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11.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology. Los Angeles County Health Survey Data. Available at: http://www.lapublichealth.org/ha/HA_DATA_TRENDS.htm. Accessed February 2, 2010
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Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Service/HCUPnet.s. Available at: http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov. Accessed February 2, 2010.
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13.
DeFrances CJ, 2008. National Health Statistics Reports. 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey. No 5.
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14.
Wilkins PP, 1999. Development of a serologic assay to detect Taenia solium taeniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 60: 199–204.
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15.
Tsang VC, Brand JA, Boyer AE, 1989. An enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay and glycoprotein antigens for diagnosing human cysticercosis (Taenia solium). J Infect Dis 159: 50–59.
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