Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Economic evaluation of zinc and copper use in treating acute diarrhea in children: A randomized controlled trial. | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Research Open Access Economic evaluation of zinc and copper use in treating acute diarrhea in children A randomized controlled trial Archana B Patel 1 Leena A Dhande2 and Manwar S Rawat3 Address 1Clinical Epidemiology Unit Indira Gandhi Medical College Central Avenue Nagpur India 2Government Medical College Nagpur India and 3Nagpur Municipal Corporation health and Family Center Nagpur India Email Archana B Patel - archana_patel@ Leena A Dhande - leenadhande@ Manwar S Rawat - dr_manwarrawat@ Corresponding author Published 29 August 2003 Received 29 July 2003 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2003 1 7 Accepted 29 August 2003 This article is available from http content 1 1 7 2003 Patel et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background The therapeutic effects of zinc and copper in reducing diarrheal morbidity have important cost implications. This health services research study evaluated the cost of treating a child with acute diarrhea in the hospital the impact of micronutrient supplementation on the mean predicted costs and its cost-effectiveness as compared to using only standard oral rehydration solution ORS from the patient s and government s providers perspective. Methods Children aged 6 months to 59 months with acute diarrhea were randomly assigned to receive either the intervention or control. The intervention was a daily dose of 40 mg of zinc sulfate and 5 mg of copper sulfate powder dissolved in a liter of standard ORS n 102 . The control was 50 mg of standard ORS powder dissolved in a liter of standard ORS n 98 . The cost measures were the total mean cost of treating acute diarrhea which included the direct medical the direct .
