[Cost of of hospital management of cirrhoses and its complications at the University Hospital of Brazzaville].

This retrospective pilot study was conducted in a series of 166 patients hospitalized for the first time for management of cirrhosis with or without complications over a two-year period at the University Hospital Center in Brazzaville, Congo. Complications included ascitics, hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Total care cost was determined by adding up expenditures for the initial examination, each day of hospitalization, adjuvant investigations, and administered medication.