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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cost-effectiveness analysis is used to predict the optimal design of mass chemotherapy strategies in controlling Ascaris lumbricoides infection. The question of who to treat, how many to treat, and how often to treat are addressed using a population dynamic model of helminth transmission that assesses effectiveness in terms of disease reduction, combined with cost data from an actual control programme. Child-targeted treatment can be more cost-effective than population treatment in reducing the number of disease cases. The model also implies that, in the circumstances described here, enhancing coverage is a more cost-effective approach than increasing frequency of treatment.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of Ascaris infection by chemotherapy: which is the most cost-effective option?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't