Hospital Direct Costs for Human Cystic Echinococcosis in Italy 2015-2022

Comprising total direct hospital costs for human cystic echinococcosis (CE) cases in Italy from 2015 to 2022, broken down by NUTS1 and NUTS2 administrative regions. The data is derived from hospital discharge records and includes 165 cases. It is an extended dataset covering a longer time period.

Use Cases

• Analyze total direct hospital costs differentiated by NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions to identify high-cost areas.
• Examine the relationship between the number of hospitalised CE cases and the associated direct hospital costs per region.
• Assess the impact of targeted regional prevention strategies by comparing cost trends over the years 2015 to 2022.
• Calculate the mean hospital stay and associated costs per 100,000 inhabitants for different regions.

Strengths

• Covers an 8-year time period from 2015 to 2022.
• Provides regional granularity through NUTS1 and NUTS2 breakdowns.
• Includes data on 165 hospitalised CE cases.
• Derived from robust national reporting of hospital discharge records.

Limitations

• Small dataset at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope and detail.
• Row and column counts are unknown, making the data structure unclear.
• Focuses solely on Italy, limiting geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Hospital discharge records from Italy.

Collection Method

Calculated from an extended data set of hospital discharge records.

Time Range

2015 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Italy, differentiated by NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions.