Cost-effectiveness analysis of a physician deployment program to improve access to healthcare in rural and underserved areas in the Philippines.

ABSTRACT: Objectives:The objective of this study is to explore the cost-effectiveness of Doctor to the Barrios (DTTB), a physician deployment program in the Philippines.

Design:Cost-effectiveness analysis using decision tree models with a lifetime time horizon and probabilistic sensitivity analysis.

Setting:Societal and healthcare perspectives.

Population:Hypothetical cohort of children under 5 years in two provinces (Aklan and Nueva Ecija) and in a representative rural municipality.

Participants:None.

Interventions:DTTB's impact on paediatric pneumonia and diarrhoea outcomes compared with a scenario without DTTB.

Main outcome measures:Costs, effectiveness (in terms of lives saved and quality-adjusted life yea

SUBMITTER: Avancena ALV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature