A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control
Chagas disease transmission can be effetively interrupted by insecticidal control of its triatomine bug vectors. We present here a simple model comparing the costs and benefits of such a programme, designed to eliminate domestic populations of Triatoma infestans throughout its known area of distribu...
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doaj-d5e419c4f0454634965744afb4b849672020-11-24T21:34:38ZengInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da SaúdeMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.0074-02761678-80601991-09-0186328529510.1590/S0074-02761991000300002A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease controlC. J. SchofieldJ. C. P. DiasChagas disease transmission can be effetively interrupted by insecticidal control of its triatomine bug vectors. We present here a simple model comparing the costs and benefits of such a programme, designed to eliminate domestic populations of Triatoma infestans throughout its known area of distribution over the seven southernmost countries of Latin America. The model has been simplified to require only four financial estimates relating to the unit cost of housing spraying and benefits due to avoidance of premature death in the acute phase of the disease, avoidance of supportive treatment and care in the chronic phase of the disease, and avoidance of corrective digestive and cardiac surgery. Exceptfor these direct medical costs, al other potential benefits have been ignored. Nevertheless, the model shows that the direct financial benefits of such a programme would far outweigh the costs, and the project would support a remarkably high internal rate of return under the least optimistic estimates.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000300002Chagas diseaseTriatoma infestanscost-benefitvector control |
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C. J. Schofield J. C. P. Dias A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Chagas disease Triatoma infestans cost-benefit vector control |
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C. J. Schofield J. C. P. Dias |
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A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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A cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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cost-benefit analisys of chagas disease control |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde |
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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0074-0276 1678-8060 |
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1991-09-01 |
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Chagas disease transmission can be effetively interrupted by insecticidal control of its triatomine bug vectors. We present here a simple model comparing the costs and benefits of such a programme, designed to eliminate domestic populations of Triatoma infestans throughout its known area of distribution over the seven southernmost countries of Latin America. The model has been simplified to require only four financial estimates relating to the unit cost of housing spraying and benefits due to avoidance of premature death in the acute phase of the disease, avoidance of supportive treatment and care in the chronic phase of the disease, and avoidance of corrective digestive and cardiac surgery. Exceptfor these direct medical costs, al other potential benefits have been ignored. Nevertheless, the model shows that the direct financial benefits of such a programme would far outweigh the costs, and the project would support a remarkably high internal rate of return under the least optimistic estimates. |
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Chagas disease Triatoma infestans cost-benefit vector control |
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