| Title | Identifying unit costs for use in regional economic evaluation : an illustrative analysis of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Constenla, D, Sinha, A, Valencia, JE, Gomez, E, de la Hoz, F, Valenzuela, MT, de Quadros, CA |
| Pagination | P. 458 - 468; 1 fig.; 5 tab.; 12 refs. |
| Date Published | 2009-04-26 |
| Publisher | S.n. |
| Place Published | S.l. |
| Keywords | caribbean, child health, health aspects, health care, health development project, health impact, latin america, public health |
| Abstract | In conducting economic evaluations of new medical interventions, data from empirical studies offer a ready source of information regarding the use of health care resources by patients undergoing different treatments. Without major additions to the data collection burden, it is possible to record the frequency of consultations and hospitalizations, the length of hospital stays, and the number and type of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used. However, converting the resource use data, which are measured in physical units, into cost data, for the purpose of cost-effectiveness analysis, requires the application of unit costs. [authors abstract] |
| Custom 1 | 142.0 |
