We use the cost-effectiveness tool to explore the cost-effectiveness of targeting high-risk populations for cholera vaccination in Bangladesh.
As a cost-effectiveness tool, DES models have been widely used in various disease areas, including laparoscopic surgery [ 33], gastric cancer [ 34], renal diseases [ 35], drug abuse [ 36], HIV transmission [ 37], early breast cancer [ 38, 39] and liver transplants [ 40].
A health technology assessment approach is necessary in order to collect evidence to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of new tools and to strengthen the political choice to use health technologies in clinical fields.
To date, however, we are none the wiser regarding the sensitivity, specificity, or cost effectiveness of this screening tool for SARS, much less its usefulness for influenza.
Traditionally, the use of cost effectiveness analysis as a tool to inform and guide resources allocation has revolved around the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER), which indicates the additional amount of money needed to obtain an extra unit of health gain or to prevent an adverse event compared to alternatives.
It is beyond the scope of this article to discuss the laboratory diagnosis of dengue at length; however, our observation of the large impact of dengue on the primary health services calls for further studies into the (cost-) effectiveness of tools that assist in diagnosing dengue.
Results demonstrate both the feasibility and the responsiveness of the function as a tool in cost effectiveness analysis.
Consequently, analysis and reporting of usability data are ad hoc and do not live up to their potential in cost effectiveness, and usability engineering support tools are not well integrated.
The relatively low sensitivity of model precision to pulse density demonstrated in this study has implications for the cost effectiveness of LiDAR as an inventory tool.
Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a powerful tool but must be interpreted with some caution.
Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a useful tool for allocation of constrained resources, yet CEA methodologies are rarely taught or implemented in developing nations.
