Cost/DALY Averted in a Small Hospital in Sierra Leone: What Is the Relative Contribution of Different Services?

Surgical treatment of some common pathologies in developing countries may be more cost-effective than previously thought, and our results provide evidence for the inclusion of surgery as part of the basic public health armamentarium in developing countries. However, these results are highly context-specific, and more research is needed from developing countries to further refine the methodology and analysis.