Retrospective review of predisposing factors and surgical outcomes in obstetric fistula patients at a single teaching hospital in Western Kenya.

Objective: We examined success rates and complications of obstetric fistula (OF) surgical repairs in association with patient and fistula characteristics, including sociocultural and socioeconomic determinants of health. A better understanding of these associations will help guide surgical management and prevent predisposing factors.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 86 patients who underwent OF repair at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya between 1999 and 2007.

The relationship between economic evaluations and HIV and AIDS treatment policies.

Purpose Of Review: Economics, and specifically economic evaluations, are increasingly being utilized to provide treatment policy guidance to decision makers. This article reviews work that has contributed to understanding of the relationship.

Recent Findings: There is a paucity of research explicitly investigating the association between economic evaluations and HIV and AIDS treatment policy.