WHO/IVB/05.10
Guidelines for estimating the economic burden of diarrhoeal disease
These guidelines explain how to estimate the economics burden associated with diarrhoeal disease. The overall objective of the guidelines is to assess the economic savings from introducing a rotavirus vaccine into the national vaccination schedule. The guidelines are divided into 6 modules:
1) Cost of hospitalizations
2) Outpatient costs
3) Cost of treatment in the informa health sector
4) Caregiver and out-of-pockets costs
5) Analysis and presentation of results and
6) Cost-effectiveness analysis
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