Cost-effectiveness of zinc as adjunct therapy for acute childhood diarrhoea in developing countries

Cost-effectiveness of zinc as adjunct therapy for acute childhood diarrhoea in developing countries

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the incremental costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of zinc used as adjunct therapy to standard treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea, including dysentery, and to reassess the cost-effectiveness of standard case management with oral rehydration salt (ORS). METHODS: A decisio...

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Main Authors: Bjarne Robberstad, Tor Strand, Robert E. Black, Halvor Sommerfelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Cinc
Diarrea
Disentería
Soluciones para rehidratación
Fluidoterapia
Costos y análisis de costo
Costo de la enfermedad
Incertidumbre
Sensibilidad y especificidad
Países en desarrollo
República Unida de Tanzanía
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