Cost-utility analysis of schistosomiasis intervention strategies in Kenya

摘要

When decisions to intervene in different schistosomiasis severity states are taken in isolation, inefficiencies are unavoidable due to failure to take account of the synergy between community and facility level options. To date no studies have been conducted of the sequential nature of decision-making processes in schistosomiasis. The main aim health benefits of alternative strategies for ameliorating the burden of illness prom schistosomiasis, with a view to determine that strategy which would produce the greatest excess of benefits over cost.