Pulkki-Brännström, AM;
Wolff, C;
Brännström, N;
Skordis-Worrall, J;
(2012)
Cost and cost effectiveness of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets - a model-based analysis.
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
, 10
, Article 5. 10.1186/1478-7547-10-5.
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Abstract
The World Health Organization recommends that national malaria programmes universally distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs). LLINs provide effective insecticide protection for at least three years while conventional nets must be retreated every 6-12 months. LLINs may also promise longer physical durability (lifespan), but at a higher unit price. No prospective data currently available is sufficient to calculate the comparative cost effectiveness of different net types. We thus constructed a model to explore the cost effectiveness of LLINs, asking how a longer lifespan affects the relative cost effectiveness of nets, and if, when and why LLINs might be preferred to conventional insecticide-treated nets. An innovation of our model is that we also considered the replenishment need i.e. loss of nets over time.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cost and cost effectiveness of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets - a model-based analysis. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1478-7547-10-5 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7547-10-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 Pulkki-Brännström et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. PMCID: PMC3348006 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1345362 |
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