Cost-effectiveness of a district trauma hospital in Battambang, Cambodia.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The Emergency Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia, is essentially a surgical center for victims of injuries. METHODS:Using methods previously described, operating costs were calculated, and effectiveness of treatment was estimated for 957 patients undergoing 895 surgical procedures over a 3 month period (October--December 2006). RESULTS:Results of the cost-effectiveness analysis are compared to the few existing ones in the literature. CONCLUSION:At $77.4 per DALY averted, surgery for trauma in such a context is deemed very cost-effective and compares favorably to other non-surgical public health interventions.

journal_name

World J Surg

journal_title

World journal of surgery

authors

Gosselin RA,Heitto M

doi

10.1007/s00268-008-9708-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2450-3

issue

11

eissn

0364-2313

issn

1432-2323

journal_volume

32

pub_type

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