Resource availability, utilisation and cost in the provision of critical care in Tanzania : A protocol for a systematic review
(2021) In BMJ Open 11(8). p.1-5- Abstract
Introduction Critical care is essential in saving lives of those that are critically ill, however, provision of critical care can be costly and heterogeneous across lower-resource settings. This paper describes the protocol for a systematic review of the literature that aims to identify the reported costs and resources available for the provision of critical care and the forms of critical care provision in Tanzania. Methods and analysis The review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Three databases (MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health) will be searched to identify articles that report the forms of critical care, resources used in the provision of critical care in Tanzania, their... (More)
Introduction Critical care is essential in saving lives of those that are critically ill, however, provision of critical care can be costly and heterogeneous across lower-resource settings. This paper describes the protocol for a systematic review of the literature that aims to identify the reported costs and resources available for the provision of critical care and the forms of critical care provision in Tanzania. Methods and analysis The review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Three databases (MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health) will be searched to identify articles that report the forms of critical care, resources used in the provision of critical care in Tanzania, their availability and the associated costs. The search strategy will be developed from four key concepts; critical care provision, critical illness, resource use, Tanzania. The articles that fulfil the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be assessed for quality using the Reference Case for Estimating the Costs of Global Health Services and Interventions checklist. The extracted data will be summarised using descriptive statistics including frequencies, mean and median of the quantity and costs of resources used in the components of critical care services, depending on the data availability. This study will be carried out between February and November 2021. Ethics and dissemination This study is a review of secondary data and ethical clearance was sought from and granted by the Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research (reference: NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/3537) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (ethics ref: 22866). We will publish the review in a peer-reviewed journal as an open access article in addition to presenting the findings at conferences and public scientific gatherings. PROSPERO registration number The protocol was registered with PROSPERO; registration number: CRD42020221923.
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- Kazibwe, Joseph LU ; Shah, Hiral A. ; Kuwawenaruwa, A. ; Schell, Carl Otto ; Khalid, Karima ; Tran, Phuong Bich ; Ghosh, Srobana ; Baker, Tim and Guinness, Lorna
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- 2021-08-25
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- health economics, health policy, intensive & critical care
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- BMJ Open
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 8
- article number
- e050881
- pages
- 1 - 5
- publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
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- scopus:85113912371
- pmid:34433607
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050881
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.
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abstract = {{<p>Introduction Critical care is essential in saving lives of those that are critically ill, however, provision of critical care can be costly and heterogeneous across lower-resource settings. This paper describes the protocol for a systematic review of the literature that aims to identify the reported costs and resources available for the provision of critical care and the forms of critical care provision in Tanzania. Methods and analysis The review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Three databases (MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health) will be searched to identify articles that report the forms of critical care, resources used in the provision of critical care in Tanzania, their availability and the associated costs. The search strategy will be developed from four key concepts; critical care provision, critical illness, resource use, Tanzania. The articles that fulfil the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be assessed for quality using the Reference Case for Estimating the Costs of Global Health Services and Interventions checklist. The extracted data will be summarised using descriptive statistics including frequencies, mean and median of the quantity and costs of resources used in the components of critical care services, depending on the data availability. This study will be carried out between February and November 2021. Ethics and dissemination This study is a review of secondary data and ethical clearance was sought from and granted by the Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research (reference: NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/3537) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (ethics ref: 22866). We will publish the review in a peer-reviewed journal as an open access article in addition to presenting the findings at conferences and public scientific gatherings. PROSPERO registration number The protocol was registered with PROSPERO; registration number: CRD42020221923.</p>}},
author = {{Kazibwe, Joseph and Shah, Hiral A. and Kuwawenaruwa, A. and Schell, Carl Otto and Khalid, Karima and Tran, Phuong Bich and Ghosh, Srobana and Baker, Tim and Guinness, Lorna}},
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title = {{Resource availability, utilisation and cost in the provision of critical care in Tanzania : A protocol for a systematic review}},
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