Open AccessCost-effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in a poor resource setting: The Okada, Nigeria experience
Author(s) -
KC Eze,
Eshiobo Irekpita,
T. A. T. Salami
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.180568
Subject(s) - extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy , medicine , nigerians , salary , emergency medicine , lithotripsy , surgery , general surgery , political science , law
The first extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) used in Nigeria was at Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre (IHMRC), Okada in 1992 and it functioned for 6 consecutive years. The objectives of this study were to analyze the cost-effectiveness of the procedure and highlight the associated factors that led to its failure.