Cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry and integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosing severe pneumonia.

ABSTRACT: Pneumonia is a major killer of children younger than five years old. In resource constrained health facilities, the capacity to diagnose severe pneumonia is low. Therefore, it is important to identify technologies that improve the diagnosis of severe pneumonia at the lowest incremental cost. The objective of this study was to conduct a health economic evaluation of standard integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) guideline alone and combined use of standard IMCI guideline and pulse oximetry in diagnosing childhood pneumonia. This is a cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in health centres in southern Ethiopia. Two methods of diagnosing pneumonia in children younger than five years old at 24 health centres are analysed. In the intervention arm, combined use of the pulse

SUBMITTER: Tesfaye SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021260 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature