Cost-effectiveness of Zinc Supplementation for Prevention of Childhood Diarrhoea in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the cost-effectiveness of prophylactic zinc supplementation for preventing diarrhoea in young children in Tanzania.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis using decision-analytic modelling. Cost-effectiveness ratios were calculated as the incremental cost (2019 USD) per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted, from a societal perspective, and with a 3% discount rate applied to future outcomes. Sensitivity analyses were performed to test the robustness of results to alternative assumptions.

Setting

Tanzania.

Participants

A hypothetical cohort of 10,000 children ages 6 weeks to 18 months.

Results

The intervention costs of zinc supplementation were estimated as $109,800 (95% uncertainty interval: 61,716-171,507). Zinc supplementation wa

SUBMITTER: Saronga HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature