Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat vision and hearing loss in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the relative costs, effects, and cost effectiveness of selected interventions to control cataract, trachoma, refractive error, hearing loss, meningitis and chronic otitis media.

Design

Cost effectiveness analysis of or combined strategies for controlling vision and hearing loss by means of a lifetime population model.

Setting

Two World Health Organization sub-regions of the world where vision and hearing loss are major burdens: sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia.

Data sources

Biological and behavioural parameters from clinical and observational studies and population based surveys. Intervention effects and resource inputs based on published reports, expert opinion, and the WHO-CHOICE database.

Main outcome measures

Cost per dis

SUBMITTER: Baltussen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292524 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature