The cost-effectiveness of policies for the safe and appropriate use of injection in healthcare settings

The cost-effectiveness of policies for the safe and appropriate use of injection in healthcare settings

OBJECTIVE: Poor injection practices transmit potentially life-threatening pathogens. We modelled the cost-effectiveness of policies for the safe and appropriate use of injections in ten epidemiological subregions of the world in terms of cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Dziekan Gerald, Chisholm Daniel, Johns Benjamin, Rovira Juan, Hutin Yvan J.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Injections/adverse effects
Equipment reuse/economics
Equipment contamination/prevention and control
Health policy
Syringes/adverse effects
Needles/adverse effects
Hepatitis B/etiology
Hepatitis C/etiology
HIV infections/etiology
Cost of illness
Cost-benefit analysis
Models
Theoretical
Cohort studies
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862003000400009

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