Cost of Nine Pediatric Infectious Illnesses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Cost-of-Illness Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cost-of-illness data from empirical studies provide insights into the use of healthcare resources including both expenditures and the opportunity cost related to receiving treatment.

Objective

The objective of this systematic review was to gather cost data and relevant parameters for hepatitis B, pneumonia, meningitis, encephalitis caused by Japanese encephalitis, rubella, yellow fever, measles, influenza, and acute gastroenteritis in children in low- and middle-income countries.

Data sources

Peer-reviewed studies published in public health, medical, and economic journals indexed in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, and EconLit.

Study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions

Studies must (1) be peer reviewed, (2) be published in 2000-2016, (3) p

SUBMITTER: de Broucker G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578143 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature