| Title |
Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Text-Message Reminder Programmes to Improve Health Workers' Adherence to Malaria Guidelines in Kenya
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0052045 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dejan Zurovac, Bruce A. Larson, Raymond K. Sudoi, Robert W. Snow |
| Abstract |
Simple interventions for improving health workers' adherence to malaria case-management guidelines are urgently required across Africa. A recent trial in Kenya showed that text-message reminders sent to health workers' mobile phones improved management of pediatric outpatients by 25 percentage points. In this paper we examine costs and cost-effectiveness of this intervention. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| South Africa | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 202 | 96% |
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| Student > Master | 47 | 22% |
| Researcher | 34 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 47 | 22% |
| Unknown | 28 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 40 | 19% |
| Unknown | 46 | 22% |