Potential economic and clinical implications of improving access to snake antivenom in five ASEAN countries: A cost-effectiveness analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite domestic production of antivenoms in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, not all victims with snakebite envenomings indicated for antivenom received the appropriate or adequate effective dose of antivenom due to insufficient supply and inadequate access to antivenoms. We aimed to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis to project the potential economic and clinical impact of improving access to antivenoms when all snakebite envenomings in ASEAN countries were hypothetically treated with geographically appropriate antivenoms.

Methodology

Using a decision analytic model with input parameters from published literature, local data, and expert opinion, we projected the impact of "full access" (100%) to antivenom, compared to "current acc

SUBMITTER: Patikorn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668136 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature