Is International Volunteer Surgery for Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate a Cost‐Effective and Justifiable Intervention? A Case Study from East Asia

Abstract

The contribution of the international volunteer surgical team to building in-country capacity is notable. It was achieved primarily through training Vietnamese surgeons during the mission trips and through sending these surgeons to Korea for training. Other staff, including anesthesiologists, were also trained; and equipment and supplies were provided.

An Evaluation of the Value of Plastic Surgery Mission Trips in Resident Education by Attending Physicians

“…1 As such, residents will have increased opportunity to incorporate such surgical missions into their overall educational experience. Although the motivation to participate may primarily be a humanitarian desire, residents can simultaneously gain an invaluable learning experience.…”

Economic Valuation of the Global Burden of Cleft Disease Averted by a Large Cleft Charity

“…A second assumption was that DALYs account for all the social, psychological, and secondary losses associated with CLP. Alternative econometric methodologies such as labor productivity, Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is significantly limited in this context by the assumptions necessary in the modeling, but is a natural extension of studies of economic [4,28,29].…”

Cooperación internacional ¿en qué estamos y hacia dónde vamos?

“…En 1993, el Banco Mundial estableció un monto de 150 dólares norteamericanos por cada año de vida ajustado por discapacidad (DALY) como variable para evaluar costo-efectividad en proyectos de CI 17 . Asimismo, dado el gran número de ONGs con objetivos similares 18 y la escasa coordinación que puede existir entre ellas, en ocasiones los esfuerzos se pueden duplicar, anularse o pueden utilizarse los recursos disponibles de manera subóptima.…”