Objective:

Design and validate the survey "Financial Cost of Chronic Ilness Care" to measure the actual money consumption and the family impact of caring for a person with chronic illness in Colombia.

Methodology:

This is a descriptive methodological study that was conducted in 2012 -2013 including four phases: 1) The literature review in order to select the references and build the preliminary proposal of the Survey. 2) Initial validation on the families of people with Chronic illness; 3) Validation with experts and 4) Implementation of a pilot survey.

Results:

The "Financial Cost of Chronic Illness Care" survey is composed of four dimensions including: Identification data; The actual money consumption attributable to the care of people with chronic illness; The perception of the financial burden associated with cost, and finally, observations related to the cost of care.

Conclusions:

The Financial Cost of Chronic Illness Care Survey was designed and validated as an original contribution for measuring actual money consumption as well as the family impact of caring for a person with chronic disease in Colombia.

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