Citation

Gosselin RA, Heitto M. World J. Surg. 2008; 32(11): 2450-2453.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, froggydoc@comcast.net.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00268-008-9708-4

PMID

18716830

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Emergency Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia, is essentially a surgical center for victims of injuries. METHODS: Using methods previously described, operating costs were calculated, and effectiveness of treatment was estimated for 957 patients undergoing 895 surgical procedures over a 3 month period (October-December 2006). RESULTS: Results of the cost-effectiveness analysis are compared to the few existing ones in the literature. CONCLUSION: At $77.4 per DALY averted, surgery for trauma in such a context is deemed very cost-effective and compares favorably to other non-surgical public health interventions.

Language: en