%0 Journal Article
%T Cost-effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in a poor resource setting: The Okada, Nigeria experience
%A E. Irekpita
%A Kenneth C. Eze
%A T. A. Salami
%J Archive of "Nigerian Medical Journal : Journal of the Nigeria Medical Association".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/0300-1652.180568
%X 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
%K Calculi
%K cost
%K cost-effectiveness
%K developing countries
%K extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
%K high personnel cost
%K Nigeria
%K poverty
%K prevalence
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859112/