2025
How well do disease-specific studies and WHO-CHOICE cost estimates align? Example of estimating cost per episode of diarrhoea and respiratory syncytial virus in 128 low-income and middle-income countries
Li X, Bilcke J, Asare E, Wenger C, Kwon J, Bont L, Beutels P, Pitzer V. How well do disease-specific studies and WHO-CHOICE cost estimates align? Example of estimating cost per episode of diarrhoea and respiratory syncytial virus in 128 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health 2025, 10: e016784. PMID: 40850784, PMCID: PMC12382583, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRSV-related diseaseWHO-CHOICE estimatesEpisodes of diarrheaLower middle-incomeWHO-CHOICELow-incomeUpper middle-incomeSyncytial virusRSV studiesInpatient costsMiddle-incomeDiarrhoeal diseaseEconomic evaluationCost studiesMiddle-income countriesDisease-specific diagnosisRSV-specificDisease-specific costsCost-effectiveness studiesDisease-specific studiesOutpatient costsEmpirical studiesDiarrheaCountry-specific data
2021
Moving away from the "unit cost". Predicting country-specific average cost curves of VMMC services accounting for variations in service delivery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa
Bautista-Arredondo S, Pineda-Antunez C, Cerecero-Garcia D, Cameron DB, Alexander L, Chiwevu C, Forsythe S, Tchuenche M, Dow WH, Kahn J, Gomez GB, Vassall A, Bollinger LA, Levin C. Moving away from the "unit cost". Predicting country-specific average cost curves of VMMC services accounting for variations in service delivery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0249076. PMID: 33886576, PMCID: PMC8062035, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnit costCost curvesAverage cost curveCost variationMean unit costEconomies of scaleUnit cost curvesKey cost driversAverage unit costHigh unit costEconometric modelEfficiency implicationsSub-Saharan AfricaPrivate ownershipFunding decisionsSub-Saharan countriesEmpirical dataPolicy makersSignificant determinantsCost estimatesCost studiesAverage costCost driversCountriesAvailability of units
1996
How transfer payments are treated in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses
Frisman L, Rosenheck R. How transfer payments are treated in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses. Administration And Policy In Mental Health And Mental Health Services Research 1996, 23: 533-546. DOI: 10.1007/bf02108689.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Multisite Experimental Cost Study of Intensive Psychiatric Community Care
Rosenheck R, Neale M, Leaf P, Milstein R, Frisman L. Multisite Experimental Cost Study of Intensive Psychiatric Community Care. Schizophrenia Bulletin 1995, 21: 129-140. PMID: 7770734, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/21.1.129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl patientsHealth care service usageIntensive psychiatric community careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterHigh hospital usersPsychiatric community careStandard VA careInpatient service useCommunity care programProgram entryInpatient usageVA careAge 45Medical CenterSurgical hospitalsService usePatientsCare programCommunity careVA costsSociodemographic characteristicsService usageCareComputerized dataCost studies
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