Direct costs for nonsurgical management of Chronic Pancreatitis in a tertiary care teaching hospital

ABSTRACTBackground: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a leading cause of hospitalization among gastrointestinal diseases resulting in considerable financial burden to patients. However the direct costs for nonsurgical management in CP remains unexplored.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out (2011–14) in the Department of Gastroenterology, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India. Demographic and clinical data on laboratory investigations, interventions and follow up were obtained from the medical records department. Item costs were derived from the hospital electronic billing section. Cost was expressed as median annual cost per patient.Results: 65 (male 48; 73.8%) patients were included. Their median age was 31 (range 12–68) years. The annual median (IQR) total cost per patient was INR 88,892 (70,550.5–116,004); [USD 1410(1119–1841); € 1155(916–1507)], comprising of INR 61,089 (39,102.5–90,360.5) [USD 970 (621–1434); € 793(508–1174)] for outpatient management and INR 32,450 (11,016–46,958) [USD 515 (175–7...