Estimating the government health-care costs of treating pesticide poisoned and pesticide self-poisoned patients in Sri Lanka

Estimating the government health-care costs of treating pesticide poisoned and pesticide self-poisoned patients in Sri Lanka

Background: Pesticide self-poisoning as a method of suicide is a major global health problem. Objectives: To estimate the cost and per patient cost of treating pesticide self-poisoning at different hospital levels in a Sri Lankan district, and to examine the distribution of cost components. Another...

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Main Authors: Hannah Ahrensberg, Lizell B. Madsen, Melissa Pearson, Manjula Weerasinghe, Michael Eddleston, Shaluka Jayamanne, Kristian S. Hansen, Vindya Ariyarathna, Sandamali Rajapaksha, Flemming Konradsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
cost analysis
suicide and self-harm
pesticide self-poisoning
treatment costs
government costs
lower-middle income country
sri lanka
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1692616

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1692616

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