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Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa

Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa

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Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa

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Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2016-03, Vol.10 (3), p.e0004568

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Snakebite poisoning is a significant medical problem in agricultural societies in Sub Saharan Africa. Antivenom (AV) is the standard treatment, and we assessed the cost-effectiveness of making it available in 16 countries in West Africa.
We determined the cost-effectiveness of AV based on a decision-tree model from a public payer perspective. Sp...

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Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1781391648

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1781391648

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ISSN

1935-2735,1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0004568

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