Cost of Illness Study of Patients with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever at One of the Private Hospitals in Yogyakarta

INTRODUCTION World Health Organization (WHO) reported mortality rates in several countries because of dengue disease reaching 1%, in urban areas in India, Indonesia, and Myanmar reaching 3%–5%. In Indonesia, outbreaks of disease dengue >35% of the population live in urban areas. The number of cases in Indonesia in 2007 reached 150,000 cases, where Jakarta and West Java were regions with more than 25,000 cases.[1] Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Asia in 2001–2010 reached an average of 2.9 million each year and at least 5906 deaths.[2] DHF in Indonesia in 2015 reached 129,650 with a total of 1071 deaths.[3] The highest DHF incidence rate in 2016 in Yogyakarta City was 341.97/100,000 population, whereas the lowest was in Sleman 80.17/100,000.[45] Research to…