Will volume-based referral strategies reduce costs or just save lives?

Assessing health and economic outcomes of interventions to reduce pregnancy-related mortality in Nigeria

BACKGROUND Women in Nigeria face some of the highest maternal mortality risks in the world. We explore the benefits and cost-effectiveness of individual and integrated packages of interventions to prevent pregnancy-related deaths. METHODS We adapt a previously validated maternal mortality model to Nigeria. Model outcomes included clinical events, population measures, costs, and cost-effective...

Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

BACKGROUND In 2015 South Africa established a national cryptococcal antigenemia (CrAg) screening policy targeted at HIV-infected patients with CD4+ T-lymphocyte (CD4) counts <100 cells/ μl who are not yet on antiretroviral treatment (ART). Two screening strategies are included in national guidelines: reflex screening, where a CrAg test is performed on remnant blood samples from CD4 testing; and...

بررسی راهکارهای بهینه سازی مصرف انرژی درایستگاه های پمپاژآب آشامیدنی روستاهای بخش مرکزی شهرستان خرم آباد در سال 1396

Abstract This study was conducted to reduce energy consumption and consumed electricity costs at drinking water pumping stations in villages located at the central part of Khorramabad city in 2017. In this study, 10 wells and pumping stations from a total of 48 wells and pumping stations in Khorramabad were selected randomly. The energy consumption, energy intensity, the effect of the capacito...

Practical Use of Telematics in a Safety Program to Save Lives and Reduce Costs

Lower Cost Why Behavioral And Environmental Interventions Are Needed To Improve Health At

We used a dynamic simulation model of the US health system to test three proposed strategies to reduce deaths and improve the costeffectiveness of interventions: expanding health insurance coverage, delivering better preventive and chronic care, and protecting health by enabling healthier behavior and improving environmental conditions. We found that each alone could save lives and provide good...