Maharaj Jagdish C, Reddy Mahendra
Lourdes Hospital and Community Health Service, P.O. Box 974, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.
ISRN Neurol. 2012;2012:802785. doi: 10.5402/2012/802785. Epub 2012 Jun 21.
Introduction. The objective of this study was to perform an economic analysis in terms of annual national human capital resource loss from young stroke mortality in Fiji. The official retirement age is 55 years in Fiji. Method. Stroke mortality data, for working-age group 15-55 years, obtained from the Ministry of Health and per capita national income figure for the same year was utilised to calculate the total output loss for the economy. The formula of output loss from the economy was used. Results. There were 273 stroke deaths of which 53.8% were of working-age group. The annual national human capital loss from stroke mortality for Fiji for the year was calculated to be F$8.85 million (US$5.31 million). The highest percentage loss from stroke mortality was from persons in their forties; that is, they still had more then 10 years to retirement. Discussion. This loss equates to one percent of national government revenue and 9.7% of Ministry of Health budget for the same year. The annual national human capital loss from stroke mortality is an important dimension in the overall economic equation of total economic burden of stroke. Conclusion. This study demonstrates a high economic burden for Fiji from stroke mortality of young adults in terms of annual national human capital loss.
引言。本研究的目的是就斐济年轻人中风死亡率造成的年度国家人力资本资源损失进行经济分析。斐济的法定退休年龄为55岁。方法。利用从卫生部获取的15至55岁工作年龄组的中风死亡率数据以及同年的人均国民收入数字来计算经济的总产出损失。使用了经济产出损失的公式。结果。有273例中风死亡病例，其中53.8%属于工作年龄组。斐济该年度因中风死亡率造成的年度国家人力资本损失经计算为885万斐济元（531万美元）。中风死亡率造成的损失百分比最高的是四十多岁的人；也就是说，他们距离退休还有十多年。讨论。这一损失相当于同年国家政府收入的1%以及卫生部预算的9.7%。中风死亡率造成的年度国家人力资本损失是中风总体经济负担的整体经济等式中的一个重要方面。结论。本研究表明，就年度国家人力资本损失而言，斐济年轻人中风死亡率造成了很高的经济负担。
