Context: Software product lines (SPLs) have reached a considerable level of adoption in the software industry, having demonstrated their cost-effectiveness for developing higher quality products with lower costs.
For example, the cost-effectiveness of developing similar initiatives elsewhere would depend on the availability of health staff at nearby health facilities (who will shoulder additional responsibilities associated with community-based initiatives).
A literature search reveals that the only study of the cost effectiveness for diabetes interventions in an Asian developing country is the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme [ 10].
Considerable caution should be exercised when transferring effectiveness estimates from developed countries for the purpose of modelling cost-effectiveness in developing countries.
In this paper we described the design of a study on the (cost)effectiveness of a newly developed life-review-based course 'Looking for Meaning'.
Knowledge of costs is essential for developing targeted cost reduction strategies, informing health policy, and ensuring the cost-effectiveness of interventions.
A static cost-effectiveness model developed for pandemic influenza, 102 has been shown to stimulate interest and further country-specific economic research (Meltzer MI, personal communication) and could have the same effect for dengue.
Recently, an alternative strategy to improve the cost-effectiveness for ABE fermentation was developed [ 17].
The 3% discount rate recommended by WHO for cost-effectiveness assessments in developing countries [ 22] was included in the range assessed in sensitivity analysis.
This allowed the opportunity to look at current care patterns and treatment outcomes, identify best practices, evaluate cost-effectiveness, and develop and refine tools for measuring outcomes.
The quality criteria reflect items taken from a framework for quality of cost-effectiveness models developed by Sculpher et al[ 2].
