OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to assess the annual socio-economic burden of stroke in the Russian Federation from the position of the state.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Based on official statistics on morbidity and mortality due to stroke (2019), the results of a survey of patients or caregivers (680 respondents) and cost indicators of 2022, the social and economic burden of stroke during the 1st year after the acute period is modeled. All cost estimates are made from the position of the state.

RESULTS

In 2019 435.2 thousand cases of stroke have been registered in the Russian Federation, 30% of those patients died during the year after the acute episode, thus annually up to 1.7 million years of life are lost. According to our study, stroke accounted for 2% of all days of disability paid by Social Insurance Fund in 2019 and 9% of cases of primary receiving of disability. More than 139 thousand working people assisted their relatives who suffered a stroke, 59.2 thousand of them were forced to change jobs, 18 thousand people left work due to the need to care for a relative. The economic burden of stroke amounted to more than 490 billion rubles. or 0.3% of GDP. The average costs per 1 registered case of hemorrhagic stroke amounted to 0.93 million rubles, ischemic — 1.2 million rubles, of which about 10% are medical costs, 5% are non-medical costs and 85% are costs associated with loss of productivity.

CONCLUSION

Stroke causes a significant socio-economic burden for the state in the Russian Federation, the economic losses within 1 year is equal to the 0.3% of the country’s annual GDP. The main contribution to the stroke economic and social burden is not only mortality, but also disability, leading to incapacitation of patients who have suffered a stroke, as well as to a reduction in the contribution to the economy of their relatives who help and care for them.