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

• Main Authors: Hannah Ahrensberg (Author), Lizell B. Madsen (Author), Melissa Pearson (Author), Manjula Weerasinghe (Author), Michael Eddleston (Author), Shaluka Jayamanne (Author), Kristian S. Hansen (Author), Vindya Ariyarathna (Author), Sandamali Rajapaksha (Author), Flemming Konradsen (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...