Author:

• Martha Macedo de Lima Barata - Barata, Martha Macedo de Lima - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. - <Baratamml@gmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Aline Guimarães Monteiro Trigo - Trigo, Aline Guimarães Monteiro - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca - Departamento de Ensino Superior - <aj_trigo@yahoo.com.br>
• Teresa Vieira dos Santos Oliveira - Oliveira, Teresa Vieira dos Santos - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca - <tevis.oliveira@gmail.com>
• Diana Pinheiro Marinho - Marinho, Diana Pinheiro - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca - <diana.marinho1@gmail.com>
• Felipe de Carvalho Vommaro Marincola - Marincola, Felipe de Carvalho Vommaro - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - <felipe_vommaro@yahoo.com.br>
• Cristina Costa Neto - Costa Neto, Cristina - cristinacneto@gmail.com - <cristinacneto@gmail.com>
• Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues Pereira - Pereira, C.A.R. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <carlos.rpereira@hotmail.com>
• Melania de Paulo Cariello Hoelz - Hoelz, Melania de Paulo Cariello - Fundação Municipal de Saúde de Nova Friburgo - Vigilância Epidemiológica - <fmsnf.epidemio@gmail.com>
• Viviane Nunes lopes Oliveira Medeiros - Medeiros,Viviane Nunes lopes Oliveira - Fundação Municipal de Saúde de Nova Friburgo - Atenção Básica em Saúde - <gerencianfsaudeintegral@gmail.com>
• Thiago Klein de Medeiros - Medeiros, Thiago Klein de - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - <thiagoklein405@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Não Categorizado

Abstract:

As pointed out by climate scenarios developed for Brazil, the prospect is likely increase
in the number of extreme hydrometeorological events in the coming years. Therefore,
the study of the health disorders that may intensify due to these events is important.
Thereat, through this article, it is proposed to estimate the cost represented by the
dengue cases assigned to the 2011 disaster in Nova Friburgo (RJ). It was found that
there were 1,356 suspected cases of dengue, of which 937 were confirmed. The total
cost of the disease may have varied at least between R$66,000 and R$499,000 in the
scenario of smallest salary, with about 70% of this cost occurred among confirmed
cases. The disaster caused extensive changes in the city environment that, along with
the problems of sanitation and urban cleansing that occurred in the post-event period,
turned out to increase the availability of sites that could serve as mosquito breeding,
facilitating their proliferation and increasing the incidence of dengue, disease that in the
previous disaster decade had low incidence in the municipality. This illustrates the
potential of events like that happened in 2011 in Nova Friburgo may have in the
increase in the cases number, and hence on the cost of the disease.

Keywords:

Disaster Evaluation Cost of Illness; Health Care Costs.

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