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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2005
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- Cost effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy in reproductive aged females suffering from non-specific acute low abdominal pain Hernando Gaitán Pio Gómez Javier Eslava-Schmalbach Salud pelvic pain laparoscopy cost analysis womens health Cost effectiveness Objective To compare the costs and effectiveness of early laparoscopy withthose of conventional diagnostic methods based on clinical and paraclinicalobservation and diagnostic images for ascertaining the cause of non-specificacute low abdominal pain (NSALAP) in females of reproductive age from thethird-party payers (TPP) point of view.Methods Population: 110 reproductive aged females suffering fromNSALAP. Place: Instituto Materno Infantil, perinatal and maternal attentionreferral hospital in Bogotá, Colombia. Research design: cost-effectivenessstudy of a controlled clinical trial carried out in 1998 and 1999. Outcomes tobe measured: effectiveness, direct medical costs (in Colombian pesos andtheir equivalent in US dollars (USD-December 2004) from length of hospitalstay, diagnostic procedures carried out, medical visits and managing complications.Analysis: Cost-effectiveness incremental ratio, analysing sensitivityin five different scenarios.Results Early diagnostic laparoscopy was more cost-effective in 4 out of the5 possible scenarios. Savings varying from $21.875 to $69.834 (USD 9.42and USD 30.1) were made per unit of increased effectiveness.Conclusion Early diagnostic laparoscopy was cost-effective in 4 out of 5scenarios dealing with managing NSALAP in reproductive aged females. 2005 artículo científico 0124-0064 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42270205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=422 Revista de Salud Pública application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revista de Salud Pública (Colombia) Num.2 Vol.7