Evaluating Access Improving Interventions: An Economic Evaluation of Surgical Task-Shifting for C-Sections in Sierra Leone.

IF 3.1 4区 医学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Bryony Dawkins, Bethany Shinkins, Tim Ensor, David Jayne, Thomas Ashley, Alex J van Duinen, Håkon A Bolkan, David Meads
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Background: Access to safe, timely and affordable surgical care is lacking globally. Less than 6% of all surgical operations are carried out in low- and middle-income countries, where over a third of the world's population lives. CapaCare, an NGO operating in Sierra Leone, have developed a surgical training programme (STP) for Associate Clinicians based on principles of task-shifting to improve access. Interventions to increase healthcare access have the same value evidence requirements as new technologies but their evaluation presents methodological challenges as access is not routinely incorporated explicitly in economic evaluations.

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of surgical task-shifting in Sierra Leone, implemented through the CapaCare STP, to increase provision of caesarean section (C-section).

Methods: We evaluated the impact of the STP on the provision of C-section and subsequent maternal and child outcomes, measured in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), relative to the costs using a healthcare system perspective and decision-tree model parameterised using data from surgical logbooks, national data, and the literature.

Results: Results indicate that the surgical task-shifting programme in Sierra Leone would be considered cost-effective in increasing provision for C-section. It is cost saving (USD - 16.77) and results in 2.14 DALYs averted, per women with an indication for C-section, due to avoidance of maternal and child deaths as well as reduced complications.

Conclusion: Investment in surgical task-shifting initiatives should be considered by policymakers as a potentially cost-effective way to increase access to quality surgical services. Future evaluations of access-increasing interventions should seek to capture the distributional impact of this strategy and system benefits.

评估获取改善干预措施:塞拉利昂剖腹产手术任务转移的经济评估。
背景:全球缺乏安全、及时和负担得起的外科护理。不到6%的外科手术是在占世界人口三分之一以上的低收入和中等收入国家进行的。在塞拉利昂运作的非政府组织CapaCare根据任务转移原则为助理临床医生制定了一项外科培训计划(STP),以改善获取机会。增加医疗保健可及性的干预措施与新技术具有相同的价值证据要求,但其评估存在方法上的挑战,因为可及性通常没有明确纳入经济评估。目的:评估塞拉利昂通过CapaCare STP实施的手术任务转移的成本效益,以增加剖腹产(C-section)的提供。方法:我们评估STP对提供剖腹产和随后的孕产妇和儿童结局的影响,以残疾调整生命年(DALYs)衡量,相对于成本,使用医疗保健系统视角和决策树模型参数化,使用手术日志、国家数据和文献数据。结果:结果表明,在塞拉利昂的手术任务转移方案将被认为是具有成本效益的增加提供剖腹产。由于避免了孕产妇和儿童死亡以及减少了并发症,因此每名有剖腹产指征的妇女节省了费用(- 16.77美元),避免了2.14个伤残调整生命年。结论:决策者应考虑对手术任务转移计划的投资,将其作为增加获得高质量手术服务的潜在成本效益途径。今后对增加获取的干预措施的评价应设法抓住这一战略和系统效益的分配影响。
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Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
CiteScore
6.10
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2.80%
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64
期刊介绍: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy provides timely publication of cutting-edge research and expert opinion from this increasingly important field, making it a vital resource for payers, providers and researchers alike. The journal includes high quality economic research and reviews of all aspects of healthcare from various perspectives and countries, designed to communicate the latest applied information in health economics and health policy. While emphasis is placed on information with practical applications, a strong basis of underlying scientific rigor is maintained.
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