Alcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy has been commonplace in Australia for many years and, as this syndrome is attributed to a deficiency in the diet, it should be preventable. This study employs conventional cost-effectiveness methodology to compare the economic efficiency of several thiamin-supplementation alternatives that have been proposed for the prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy. A series of rankings of these measures is derived from an estimated cost per case averted for each of the alternatives studied. These rankings identify the least cost-effective thiamin-supplementation alternative as that of enriching bread-making flour with thiamin.
Connelly L., Price J. (1996). Preventing the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in Australia: Cost-effectiveness of thiamin-supplementation alternatives. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 20(2), 181-187 [10.1111/j.1753-6405.1996.tb01814.x].
Preventing the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in Australia: Cost-effectiveness of thiamin-supplementation alternatives
Connelly L.;
1996
Abstract
Alcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy has been commonplace in Australia for many years and, as this syndrome is attributed to a deficiency in the diet, it should be preventable. This study employs conventional cost-effectiveness methodology to compare the economic efficiency of several thiamin-supplementation alternatives that have been proposed for the prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy. A series of rankings of these measures is derived from an estimated cost per case averted for each of the alternatives studied. These rankings identify the least cost-effective thiamin-supplementation alternative as that of enriching bread-making flour with thiamin.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
