Berhane, Thomas

Bayfield, Anna-Louise

Howarth, Timothy

James, Karlie

Muthumala, Aruna

Mo, Lin

Willson, Kaspar

Heraganahally, Subash

2025-02-21

This cross-sectional study assessed the clinical and economic costs (Inpatient Activity Database) associated with hospitalisations due to bronchiectasis exacerbations among adult indigenous patients in the Top End, Northern Territory. Twenty case episodes from 15 indigenous patients with a mean age of 51.8 ± 12.7 years were recorded in a 3-month study window. The estimated cost was AUD 400 579.9, with cost per patient AUD 26 705 over 3 months and average cost per admission AUD 20 029. Extrapolating cost data across a 10-year period gave a conservative estimate of AUD 28 million.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Darwin Private Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Darwin Private Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

School of Medicine, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Intern Med J . 2025 Feb 21. doi: 10.1111/imj.16654. Online ahead of print.

1445-5994

0000-0003-3028-0376

0009-0005-9273-6393

0000-0003-0788-7137

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39981580/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/14158

cost analysis

disease burden

ethnic disparity

health economics

remote health

Clinical characteristics and economic impact of acute hospitalisations due to bronchiectasis exacerbations among adult Indigenous Australians in the Top End Northern Territory.

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