Cost-effectiveness and economies of scale of a mass radio campaign to promote household life-saving practices in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Child health promotion through mass media has not been rigorously evaluated for cost-effectiveness in low-income and middle-income countries. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a mass radio campaign on health-seeking behaviours for child survival within a trial in Burkina Faso and at national scale.

Methods

We collected provider cost data prospectively alongside a 35-month cluster randomised trial in rural Burkina Faso in 2012-2015. Out-of-pocket costs of care-seeking were estimated through a household survey. We modelled intervention effects on child survival based on increased care-seeking and estimated the intervention's incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) in terms of the cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted versus current practice

SUBMITTER: Kasteng F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6058168 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature