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Cost-Effectiveness of a District Trauma Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia

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Abstract

Background

The Emergency Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia, is essentially a surgical center for victims of injuries.

Methods

Using methods previously described, operating costs were calculated, and effectiveness of treatment was estimated for 957 patients undergoing 895 surgical procedures over a 3 month period (October–December 2006).

Results

Results of the cost-effectiveness analysis are compared to the few existing ones in the literature.

Conclusion

At $77.4 per DALY averted, surgery for trauma in such a context is deemed very cost-effective and compares favorably to other non-surgical public health interventions.

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  1. School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Project and Medical Coordinator, Emergency Hospital, Battambang, Cambodia

    Merja Heitto

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Gosselin, R.A., Heitto, M. Cost-Effectiveness of a District Trauma Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia. World J Surg 32, 2450–2453 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9708-4

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