Cost-Utility of Surgical Procedures in Resource-Poor Settings: A Case Study of Kawolo Hospital, Uganda

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Muheki Zikusooka
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Procedures ◽  
Cost Utility ◽  
Resource Poor

E-Service Innovation in Rural Africa Through Value Co-Creation

2017 ◽  
pp. 355-373
Author(s):  
Anna Bon ◽  
Jaap Gordijn ◽  
Hans Akkermans
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
End Users ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Rural Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Electricity Infrastructure

E-Services have great potential, even in resource-poor environments such as in sub-Saharan Africa. However, contextual factors pose significant challenges for development, feasibility, deployment and sustainability of e-services. This chapter presents a case of e-service value co-creation in a rural context, with targeted end users in regions characterized by limited electricity infrastructure and poor or absent internet, strong diversity in languages spoken, high illiteracy rates and limited purchasing power. It offers a methodology to upfront analyze business model sustainability for e-service innovation in severely resource-constrained contexts. This is illustrated by an extensive case study in which a voice-based microblogging e-service was developed and deployed with local stakeholders in rural Mali.

Avoiding verification bias in screening test evaluation in resource poor settings: a case study from Zimbabwe

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Gaffikin ◽  
John McGrath ◽  
Marc Arbyn ◽  
Paul D Blumenthal
Keyword(s):  
Screening Test ◽  
Test Evaluation ◽  
Verification Bias ◽  
Resource Poor

Overseas oil-development policy of resource-poor countries: A case study from Japan

Energy Policy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1764-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanari Koike ◽  
Gento Mogi ◽  
Waleed H. Albedaiwi
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Oil Development ◽  
Resource Poor

Review of a decision by the Medical Services Advisory Committee based on health technology assessment of an emerging technology: The case for remotely assisted radical prostatectomy

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue P. O'Malley ◽  
Ernest Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Quality Adjusted Life Year ◽  
Cost Utility ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety Effectiveness

Objectives: In April 1998, the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) was established by the Australian federal government. Since that time, all new medical procedures must be evaluated for safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness as a condition of the surgeon receiving public funding by means of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). Over these first 8 years, a significant number of applications for the public funding of new procedures have been given negative recommendations by the MSAC based on insufficient clinical evidence or lack of cost-effectiveness. In August 2006, after almost 2 years of processing, the MSAC made the decision to fund the new procedure, laparoscopic remotely assisted radical prostatectomy (LRARP). However, they stated that there was still uncertainty about the comparative cost-effectiveness.Methods: An observational study using provisional cost-utility data for LRARP based on a combination of costs taken from consecutive patients at the Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and utilities from the prospectively collected data on all patients undergoing surgery for prostate cancer over a 4-year period at the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Michigan, United States.Results: The incremental cost for LRARP compared with the open surgery alternative is A$2,264 or A$24,457 per quality-adjusted life-year, well below the range accepted by the Australian pharmaceutical equivalent of the MSAC (the PBAC) of A$42,000 and A$76,000. This figure does not take into account additional benefits such as reduced time away from employment, reduced blood loss, reduced possibility of infection, and reduced scarring.Conclusions: This case study of LRARP demonstrates that there is sufficient crude evidence to show that this new procedure is likely to be superior to the existing procedure in terms of safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness. The decision to allow MBS funding was correct and will allow for the collection of additional evidence, on both economic and clinical outcomes.

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