Abstract
Introduction: Since its introduction by the World Health Organization (WHO), the concept of burden of disease has been evolving. The current method uses life expectancy projected to 2050 and does not consider age-weighting and time-discounting. Our aim is to estimate the burden of disease due to hip, knee, and unspecified osteoarthritis using this new method in the Peruvian Social Health Insurance System (EsSalud) during 2016. Methods: We followed the original 1994 WHO study and the current 2015 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) methods to estimate disability adjusted life years (DALY) due to osteoarthritis, categorized by sex, age, osteoarthritis type, and geographical area. We used disability weights employed by the Peruvian Ministry of Health, and the last update issued by WHO. Results: Overall, EsSalud reported 17.9 new cases of osteoarthritis per 1000 patients per year. Annual incidence was 23.7/1000 among women, and 72.6/1000 in people above 60 years old. Incidence was 5.6/1000 for knee osteoarthritis and 1.1/1000 for hip. According to the 1994 WHO method, there were 399,884 DALYs or 36.6 DALYs/1000 patients per year due to osteoarthritis. 12.4 and 2.2 DALYs/1000 patients per-year were estimated for knee and hip osteoarthritis, respectively. Using the 2015 GBD method, there were 1,037,865 DALYs or 94.9 DALYs/1000 patients per year. 31.4 and 5.3 DALYs/1000 patients per year were calculated for knee and hip osteoarthritis, respectively. Conclusions: In the Peruvian social health insurance subsystem, hip, knee, and unspecified osteoarthritis produced a high burden of disease, especially among women and patients over 60. The 2015 GBD methodology yields values almost three times higher than the original recommendations.
Highlights
Since its introduction by the World Health Organization (WHO), the concept of burden of disease has been evolving
Osteoarthritis is the sixth cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), representing 3% of global burden of disease[3]
Without knowing the impact of osteoarthritis on people’s lives, it is difficult to propose solutions, invest resources for prevention, and mitigate disability, especially among elders, who constitute a large group within the Peruvian social health insurance system (EsSalud), which cares for approximately 37% of people who seek medical attention[10,11]
Summary
Since its introduction by the World Health Organization (WHO), the concept of burden of disease has been evolving. Our aim is to estimate the burden of disease due to hip, knee, and unspecified osteoarthritis using this new method in the Peruvian Social Health Insurance System (EsSalud) during 2016. 12.4 and 2.2 DALYs/1000 patients per-year were estimated for knee and hip osteoarthritis, respectively. Conclusions: In the Peruvian social health insurance subsystem, hip, knee, and unspecified osteoarthritis produced a high burden of disease, especially among women and patients over 60. Osteoarthritis is the sixth cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), representing 3% of global burden of disease[3]. Osteoarthritis was the health condition with the seventh greatest disability rates and caused 165,636 DALYs, which represents 3% of the total disease burden. There is an important need to estimate the burden of disease produced by osteoarthritis in this healthcare subsystem[11]
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