期刊
TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH
卷 22, 期 4, 页码 317-324出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0060
关键词
mobile health; maternal health; child health; cost-outcome; information and communications technology; economic evaluation
资金
- Concern Worldwide's Innovations for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Initiative
Background:The primary objectives of this study are to determine cost per user and cost per contact with users of a mobile health (m-health) intervention. The secondary objectives are to map costs to changes in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) and to estimate costs of alternate implementation and usage scenarios.Materials and Methods:A base cost model, constructed from recurrent costs and selected capital costs, was used to estimate average cost per user and per contact of an m-health intervention. This model was mapped to statistically significant changes in MNCH intermediate outcomes to determine the cost of improvements in MNCH indicators. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to estimate costs in alternate scenarios.Results:The m-health intervention cost $29.33 per user and $4.33 per successful contact. The average cost for each user experiencing a change in an MNCH indicator ranged from $67 to $355. The sensitivity analyses showed that cost per user could be reduced by 48% if the service were to operate at full capacity.Conclusions:We believe that the intervention, operating at scale, has potential to be a cost-effective method for improving maternal and child health indicators.
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