Leprosy services in primary health care in India: comparative economic cost analysis of two public-health settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The WHO recommends inclusion of post-exposure chemoprophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin in national leprosy control programmes. The objective was to estimate the cost of leprosy services at primary care level in two different public-health settings.

Methods

Ingredient-based costing was performed in eight primary health centres (PHCs) purposively selected in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) and the Umbergaon block of Valsad district, Gujarat, India. All costs were bootstrapped, and to estimate the variation in total cost under uncertainty, a univariate sensitivity analysis was performed.

Results

The mean annual cost of providing leprosy services was USD 29 072 in the DNH PHC (95% CI: 22 125-36 020) and USD 11 082 in Umbergaon (95% CI: 8

SUBMITTER: Tiwari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379621 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature