Applying the net-benefit framework for analyzing and presenting cost-effectiveness analysis of a maternal and newborn health intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coverage of maternal and newborn health (MNH) interventions is often influenced by important determinants and decision makers are often concerned with equity issues. The net-benefit framework developed and applied alongside clinical trials and in pharmacoeconomics offers the potential for exploring how cost-effectiveness of MNH interventions varies at the margin by important covariates as well as for handling uncertainties around the ICER estimate.

Aim

We applied the net-benefit framework to analyze cost-effectiveness of the Skilled Care Initiative and assessed relative advantages over a standard computation of incremental cost effectiveness ratios.

Methods

Household and facility surveys were carried out from January to July 2006 in Ouargaye district (where

SUBMITTER: Hounton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3400570 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature