A Nighttime Telemedicine and Medication Delivery Service to Avert Pediatric Emergencies in Haiti: An Exploratory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

ABSTRACT: We sought to compare the costs of a nighttime pediatric telemedicine and medication delivery service per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted to the costs of current hospital emergency care per DALY averted from a societal perspective. We studied a nighttime pediatric telemedicine and medication delivery service and hospital emergency care in a semi-urban and rural region of Haiti. Costs of the two services were enumerated to represent the financial investments of both providers and patients. DALYs averted were calculated to represent the "years lives lost" and "years lost to disability" from diarrheal, respiratory, and skin (bacterial and scabies etiologies) disease among children from 0 to 9 years old. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was estimated and compared with the p

SUBMITTER: Flaherty KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8991343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature