Table 1 Modeling studies
From: Do clinical guidelines reduce clinician dependent costs?
Reference/Design | Country/setting | Inclusion criteria/intervention | Degree of financial saving | LOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zurovac et-al. (2006); Modeling study/Secondary data[12] | Kenya | Malaria microscopy is a potential solution to increase diagnostic specificity and overcome the problem of malaria over diagnosis | Costs of antimalarials decreased by 54% and those antibiotics increased by 5% | 5 |
Boulanger et-al. (1999); Cross-sectional survey[13] | Kenya | IMCI guidelines would change drug prescribing behaviour | Compliance with guidelines could have reduced the cost of treatment by 42% | 5 |
Kolstad et-al. (1998); Cross-sectional survey[14] | Uganda | IMCI guidelines would change drug prescribing behaviour | Use of IMCI could reduced costs of medication to US$0.17 per child from US$0.82 (A reduction of 80%) | 5 |
Khan et-al. (2002); Cross-sectional survey[15] | Bangladesh | IMCI guidelines would change drug prescribing behaviour | Adoption of IMCI would reduce costs by 34% | 5 |