Publications by authors named "H van den Hombergh"
Introduction: Despite the evidence for preventing childhood morbidity and mortality, financial resources are cited as a constraint for Governments to scale up the key health interventions in some countries. We evaluate the cost effectiveness of implementing IMNCI program in India from a health system and societal perspective.
Methods: We parameterized a decision analytic model to assess incremental cost effectiveness of IMNCI program as against routine child health services for infant population at district level in India.
Objective: To determine the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness strategy on treatment seeking practices and on neonatal and infant morbidity.
Design: Cluster randomised trial.
Setting: Haryana, India.
Background And Methods: In the setting of a cluster randomized study to assess impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) program in the district of Faridabad in India, we randomly selected auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM), anganwadi workers (AWW) and accredited social health activists (ASHA) from intervention and control areas to collect cost data using an economic perspective. Bootstrap method was used to estimate 95% confidence interval.
Results: The annual per-child cost of providing health services through an ANM, AWW and ASHA is INR 348 (USD 7.
Objective: To assess the unit cost of level II neonatal intensive care treatment delivered through public hospitals and its fiscal implications in India.
Design: Cost analysis study.
Settings: Four Special Care Newborn Units (SCNUs) in public sector district hospitals in three Indian states, i.