Published 2023-01-01
“…Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group,
Manama, Kingdom of BahrainCorrespondence: Mohammed Al-Biltagi, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Tel +97339545472, Email mbelrem@hotmail.comObjective: This study estimates the budgetary impact of the introduction of amino-acid formula (AAF) as first-line management in the elimination diet of infants with suspected cow milk protein allergy (CMPA) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from a health-care payer’s perspective.Methods: A global decision tree model was adapted to compare estimated costs in current practice (extensively hydrolyzed formula [eHF] or soy formula [SF] with the proposed approach of early introduction of AAF as first-line treatment of CMPA in non-breast-fed infants). …”
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