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   Cost-Effectiveness of Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Iran  
   
نویسنده Hatam Nahid ,Esmaelzade Firooz ,Mirahmadizadeh Ali Reza ,Keshavarz Khosro ,Rajabi Abdolhalim ,Kazerooni Parvin Afsar ,Ataollahi Marzieh
منبع journal of research in health sciences - 2014 - دوره : 14 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:122 -127
چکیده    Background: the rabies is one of the most important officially-known viral zoonotic diseases for its global distribution, outbreak, high human and veterinary costs, and high death rate and causes high economic costs in different countries of the world every year. the rabies is the deadliest disease and if the symptoms break out in a person, one will certainly die. however, the deaths resulting from rabies can be prevented by post-exposure prophylaxis. to do so, in iran and most of the countries in the world, all the people who are exposed to animal bite receive post-exposure prophylaxis (pep) treatment. the present survey aimed to investigate the costeffectiveness of pep in southern iran.methods: the present study estimated the pep costs from the government`s perspective with step-down method for the people exposed to animal bite, estimated the number of dalys prevented by pep in the individuals using decision tree model, and computed the incremental costeffectiveness ratio. the information collected of all reported animal bite cases (n=7111) in fars province, who referred rabies registries in urban and rural health centers to receive active care. performing the pep program cost estimated 1,052,756.1 usd for one year and the estimated cost for the treatment of each animal bite case and each prevented death was 148.04 and 5945.42 usd, respectively. likewise 4,509.82 dalys were prevented in southern iran in 2011 by pep program.results: the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for each daly was estimated to be 233.43 usd. in addition to its full effectiveness in prophylaxis from rabies, pep program saves the financial resources of the society, as well. conclusions: this study showed performing pep to be more cost- effective.
کلیدواژه Cost-effectiveness analysis ,Rabies ,post-exposure prophylaxis ,DALY
آدرس shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Management and Information Sciences, Department of Health Service Administration, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Management and Information Sciences, Student Research Committee, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Deputy of Health, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Management and Information Sciences, Department of Health Economic, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Health and Nutrition, Department of Epidemiology, Student Research Committee, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Center of Diseases Control, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Center of Diseases Control, ایران
 
     
   
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