Estimating the government health-care costs of treating pesticide poisoned and pesticide self-poisoned patients in Sri Lanka
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Pesticide exposure in Sri Lanka
Pesticides are commonly used worldwide both in agricultural and domestic settings. The benefits to society and agriculture are well documented. There are, however, dangers associated with the use of pesticides. Some pesticides, such as organophosphates (the most commonly used pesticide worldwide), kill pests through a biological pathway that may also cause harm to humans. Acute exposure to pest...
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the direct financial costs to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health of treating patients after self-poisoning, particularly from pesticides, in a single district. METHODS Data on staff, drug, laboratory and other inputs for each patient admitted for self-poisoning were prospectively collected over a one-month period from one general hospital (2005) and five peripheral hospita...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Health Action
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1654-9716,1654-9880
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1692616