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J Paediatr Child Health ; 48(5): 373-7, 2012 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22296413

ABSTRACT

A clinician and the chair of the hospital drug committee debate the merits of the use of palivizumab as prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus infection for a preterm baby with oxygen-dependent, chronic lung disease and discuss the issue of public funding of palivizumab. An ethicist comments on ethical aspects of the debate about cost-effectiveness.


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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/economics , Antiviral Agents/economics , Drug Costs , Financing, Organized/ethics , Health Care Rationing/ethics , Hospital Costs/ethics , Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee/ethics , Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Australia , Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia/complications , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Health Care Rationing/economics , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Infant, Premature , Male , Palivizumab , Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/complications , Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/prevention & control
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