Cost-effectiveness of comprehensive preventive measures for coal workers' pneumoconiosis in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) remains one of the most severe occupational diseases in China. Despite the implementation of CWP comprehensive preventive measures, the unreasonable allocation of investment by coal enterprises limits the effect of preventing CWP, especially when the health resources are inadequate. This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of comprehensive measures for CWP from the perspective of coal enterprises.

Methods

Comprehensive measures and two primary interventions (engineering controls and individual protective equipment) were selected. A time-dependent Markov model was developed to evaluate cost and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). The input data were collected from the survey and literature. A hypothetical null situation

SUBMITTER: Ge X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883714 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature