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ArticleIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2022

Direct Costs of Healthcare among Patients with Deliberate Self-harm: A Pilot Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.

Rohit Barnabas, Bijesh Yadav, Jonathan Jayakaran, Karthik Gunasekaran, Jacob Johnson, Kishore Pichamuthu, Ramya Iyadurai

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Rohit BarnabasDepartment of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7612-506X
Bijesh YadavDepartment of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-1373
Jonathan JayakaranDepartment of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-2457
Karthik GunasekaranDepartment of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-5753
Jacob JohnsonDepartment of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6170-7542
Kishore PichamuthuMedical Intensive Care Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-1183
Ramya IyaduraiDepartment of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-6205

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Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) in developing nations has a significant impact on health and economic conditions of patients and families. Materials and methods: This retrospective study aims to study the cost of hospitalization and the factors affecting the cost of medical care. Adult patients with a diagnosis of DSH were included. Results: A total of 107 patients were included with the most common type of poison consumed being pesticides (35.5%) followed by a tablet overdose (31.8%). There was a male preponderance with a mean (SD) age of 30.04 (9.03) years. The median cost of admission was ₹13,690 (USD 195.57); DSH with pesticide increased the cost of care by 67% as compared to non-pesticides. Other factors which increased the cost were need for intensive care, ventilation, use of vasopressors, and development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Conclusions: Pesticide-based poisoning is the most frequent cause of DSH. Among different types of DSH, pesticide poisoning is associated with a higher direct cost of hospitalization. How to cite this article: Barnabas R, Yadav B, Jayakaran J, Gunasekaran K, Johnson J, Pichamuthu K,

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Deliberate self-harmDirect costPesticide poisoningSouth India

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