| dc.creator | Gaitán,Hernando | |
| dc.creator | Eslava-Schmalbach,Javier | |
| dc.creator | Gómez,Pio | |
| dc.date | 2005-07-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T15:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T15:00:29Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0124-00642005000200005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8823462 | |
| dc.description | OBJECTIVE: To compare the costs and effectiveness of early laparoscopy with those of conventional diagnostic methods based on clinical and paraclinical observation and diagnostic images for ascertaining the cause of non-specific acute low abdominal pain (NSALAP) in females of reproductive age from the third-party payers' (TPP) point of view. METHODS: Population: 110 reproductive aged females suffering from NSALAP. Place: Instituto Materno Infantil, perinatal and maternal attention referral hospital in Bogotá, Colombia. Research design: cost-effectiveness study of a controlled clinical trial carried out in 1998 and 1999. Outcomes to be measured: effectiveness, direct medical costs (in Colombian pesos and their equivalent in US dollars (USD-December 2004) from length of hospital stay, diagnostic procedures carried out, medical visits and managing complications. Analysis: Cost-effectiveness incremental ratio, analysing sensitivity in five different scenarios. RESULTS: Early diagnostic laparoscopy was more cost-effective in 4 out of the 5 possible scenarios. Savings varying from $21.875 to $69.834 (USD 9.42 and USD 30.1) were made per unit of increased effectiveness. CONCLUSION: Early diagnostic laparoscopy was cost-effective in 4 out of 5 scenarios dealing with managing NSALAP in reproductive aged females. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista de Salud Pública v.7 n.2 2005 | |
| dc.subject | Cost effectiveness | |
| dc.subject | cost analysis | |
| dc.subject | pelvic pain | |
| dc.subject | laparoscopy | |
| dc.subject | women's health | |
| dc.title | Cost effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy in reproductive aged females suffering from non-specific acute low abdominal pain | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
