ArticleCost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E2017
Cost-effectiveness analysis of the diarrhea alleviation through zinc and oral rehydration therapy (DAZT) program in rural Gujarat India: an application of the net-benefit regression framework.
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- Adherence to oral zinc supplementation in the management of acute diarrhoeal disease among under-5 children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and infection · 2025Pooled it
- Measurement of benefits in economic evaluations of nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of interventions to address undernutrition: a systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2021Pooled it
- Methods used to account for caregivers' sex and gender within studies examining the financial burden of caregivers of children and adolescents : Results from a scoping review.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2024Article
- Assessing the relationship of recommended diarrhea case management practices with the nutritional status of children aged between 0 to 59.9 months.Health open research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the DAZT program for scaling up treatment of acute child diarrhea in Gujarat India using a net-benefit regression framework.
methodsCosts were calculated from societal and caregivers' perspectives and effectiveness was assessed in terms of coverage of zinc and both zinc and Oral Rehydration Salt. Regression models were tested in simple linear regression, with a specified set of covariates, and with a specified set of covariates and interaction terms using linear regression with endogenous treatment effects was used as the reference case.
resultsThe DAZT program was cost-effective with over 95% certainty above $5.50 and $7.50 per appropriately treated child in the unadjusted and adjusted models respectively, with specifications including interaction terms being cost-effective with 85-97% certainty. DISCUSSION: Findings from this study should be combined with other evidence when considering decisions to scale up programs such as the DAZT program to promote the use of ORS and zinc to treat child diarrhea.
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