A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Pediatric Operating Room in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the cost-effectiveness of constructing a dedicated pediatric operating room (OR) in Uganda, a country where access to surgical care is limited to 4 pediatric surgeons serving a population of over 20 million children under 15 years of age.

Methods

A simulation model using a decision tree template was developed to project the cost and disability-adjusted life-years saved by a pediatric OR in a low-income setting. Parameters are informed by patient outcomes of the surgical procedures performed. Costs of the OR equipment and a literature review were used to calculate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of a pediatric OR. One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were performed to assess parameter uncertainty. Economic monetary benefit was calculated using t

SUBMITTER: Yap A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature