Economic evaluation of the use of exogenous pulmonary surfactants in preterm newborns in a Mexican population Evaluación económica de la utilización de surfactantes pulmonares exógenos en recién nacidos pretérmino en población mexicana

• Main Authors: Guillermo Salinas-Escudero (Author), Alfonso Reyes-López (Author), Juan Garduño-Espinosa (Author), Miguel Angel Villasís-Keever (Author), Silvia Martínez-Valverde (Author), Onofre Muñoz-Hernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost-effectiveness ratio of surfactant rescue treatment of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who are covered by the Medical Insurance for a New Generation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cost-effectiveness evaluation was conducted from the third-payer pe...