1. Costs and financial feasibility of malaria elimination.
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Sabot O, Cohen JM, Hsiang MS, Kahn JG, Basu S, Tang L, Zheng B, Gao Q, Zou L, Tatarsky A, Aboobakar S, Usas J, Barrett S, Cohen JL, Jamison DT, and Feachem RG
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- China epidemiology, Cost Savings, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demography, Eswatini epidemiology, Health Expenditures, Humans, Malaria epidemiology, Mauritius epidemiology, Tanzania epidemiology, Malaria economics, Malaria prevention & control
- Abstract
The marginal costs and benefits of converting malaria programmes from a control to an elimination goal are central to strategic decisions, but empirical evidence is scarce. We present a conceptual framework to assess the economics of elimination and analyse a central component of that framework-potential short-term to medium-term financial savings. After a review that showed a dearth of existing evidence, the net present value of elimination in five sites was calculated and compared with effective control. The probability that elimination would be cost-saving over 50 years ranged from 0% to 42%, with only one site achieving cost-savings in the base case. These findings show that financial savings should not be a primary rationale for elimination, but that elimination might still be a worthy investment if total benefits are sufficient to outweigh marginal costs. Robust research into these elimination benefits is urgently needed., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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