Email: abdannekaso@gmail.com 

Phone: +251910400038

Academic Rank: Lecturer

Field of Specialization: Master of Public Health

                                        : MPH in Health Economics

Research Interest Area: Healthcare utilization, costing analysis, economic evaluation, Health policy analysis, efficiency analysis, Quality of life analysis, Health care financing, Outcome assessment, Quality of care, Burden of disease, Health service research, Systematic review, and meta-analysis, cost of illness, willingness to pay, Budget impact analysis, Health system strengthening, Infectious disease, Non-communicable disease, Health equity, and priority setting

Publications:

  1. Alemu EM, Kaso AW, Obsie GW,  Fessaha HZ, Agero G. Maternal satisfaction with delivery service and associated factors among women who gave birth at public hospitals in Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia. BMC Women’s Health. 2024;24:227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-03069-0 
  2. Agero G, Bedane KH, Segni MT, Kaso AW, Ayato AN, Bedada DB, et al. Assessment of Violence during COVID-19 among Reproductive Age Women in Arsi Zone, South East Ethiopia. BioMed Research International. 2024;2024:2044708. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2044708
  3. Kaso AW, Agero G, Obsie GW, Debela BG, Tololu AK, Esmael M, et al. (2024) Willingness to pay for Social Health Insurance and associated factors among Public Civil Servants in Ethiopia: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE 19(2): e0293513. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293513
  4. Kaso AW, Mohammed E, Agero G, Churiso G, Kaso T, Ewune HA, et al. Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research. 2023; 23(1):948. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09988-2 
  5. Kaso AW, Agero G, Hurissa Z, Kaso T, Ewune HA, Hareru HE, et al. (2022) Survival analysis of COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia: A hospital-based study. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268280. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268280
  6. Kaso AW, Agero G, Hurissa Z, Kaso T, Ewune HA, Hailu A. (2021) Evaluation of health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients: Health and Quality of life outcome 19(268): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-021-01900-y
  7. Mengistu N, Hareru HE, Shumye S, Yimer S, Sisay D, Kaso AW, et al. Health-related quality of life and its association with social support among people living with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta‑analysis, Health and Quality of life outcome (2022)20:77 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-022-01985-z
  8. Kaso AW, Haji A, Hareru HE, Hailu A (2022). Is Ethiopian community-based health insurance affordable? Willingness to pay analysis among households in South Central, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0276856. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276856
  9. Kaso AW, Hareru HE, Agero G, Ashuro Z (2021) Assessment of practice of Covid-19 preventive measures and associated factors among residents in Southern, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0261186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261186
  10. Kaso AW, Hailu A (2021) Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0259056. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259056
  11. Kaso AW, Tesema HG, Hareru HE, Kaso T, Ashuro Z, Talemahu AA, et al. Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Covid-19 Survivors. Experience from Ethiopian Treatment Centers. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2022:6143-53. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S386566
  12. Kaso AW, Yohanis Y, Debela BG, Hareru HE, “Community-Based Health Insurance Membership Renewal Rate and Associated Factors among Households in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia”, Journal of Environmental and Public Health, vol. 2022, Article ID 8479834, 11 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8479834
  13.  Kaso AW, Hareru HE, Ashuro Z, Soboksa NE, “Assessment of Households’ Willingness to Join and Pay for Improving Waste Management Practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia”, Biomed Research International, vol. 2022, Article ID 9904665, 10 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9904665
  14. Shero AA, Kaso AW, Tafa M, Agero G, Abdeta G, Hailu A. Cervical cancer screening utilization and associated factors among women attending antenatal care at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Arsi zone, South Central Ethiopia. BMC Women’s Health. 2023; 23(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02326-y
  15. Bedado D, Kaso AW, Hailu A. Magnitude and determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditure among patients visiting outpatients in public hospitals in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2022; 15:101066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101066 
  16. Hareru HE, Kaso AW, Ashuro Z, Mareg M. Risky sexual practice and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4): e0266884. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266884
  17. Kaso AW, Hareru HE, Kaso T, Agero G, ” Time to recovery from Covid-19 and its associated factors among patients hospitalized at the treatment center in South Central Ethiopia”, Environmental Challenge, vol. 6(2022), Article ID 100428, 6 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100428 
  18. Kaso AW, Hareru HE, Kaso T, Agero G, “Factors Associated with Poor Treatment Outcome among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in South Central, Ethiopia”, Biomed Research International, vol. 2022, Article ID 4551132, 7 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4551132  
  19. Tsehay A, Hareru HE, Molla W, Mengistu  N, Kaso AW, Ashuro Z, Soboksa NE, ” Factors associated with preventive practices of COVID-19 among health care workers in Dilla University Hospital, Southern Ethiopia”, Environmental Challenge, vol. 5(2021), Article ID 100428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100368
  20.  Beriso JA, Kitila FL, Ferede A, Kaso AW. High seroprevalence of syphilis infection among pregnant women in Public Health facilities in Shashemene town, southern Ethiopia. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2023;21:101288 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101288
  21. Abdela SG, Liesenborghs L, Tadese F, Abegaz SH, Bayuh FB, Asmamaw EA, et al. Antibiotic overuse for COVID-19: are we adding insult to injury? The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2021; 105(6):1519. https://doi:10.4269/ajtmh.21-0603 
  22. Girma D, Teshome D, Kaso AW, Kaso M. Growth monitoring and promotion services utilization and associated factors among children less than two years of age in Digelu Tijo district, south-central Ethiopia. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2023; 19:101203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101203 
  23. Debela BG, Hareru HE, Zenebe GA, Kaso AW. Misconceptions about COVID-19 and associated factors among residents of Dilla town, southern Ethiopia. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2023; 17:e273. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.222 
  24. Agaro A, Hareru HE, Muche T, Sisay W/tsadik D, Ashuro Z, Negassa B, et al. Predictors of hand-washing practices at critical times among mothers of under-5 Years old children in the rural setting of Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia. Environmental Health Insights. 2022; 16:11786302221120784. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302221120784 
  25. Hareru HE, Kaso AW, Debela BG, Abebe L, Sisay W/tsadik D, Kassa Abebe R, et al. Alcohol use disorder and its associated factors among residents in Southern Ethiopia during the era of COVID-19. SAGE Open Medicine. 2022; 10:20503121221105031. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121221105031  
  26. Ashuro Z, Diriba K, Afework A, Husen Washo G, Shiferaw Areba A, G/meskel Kanno G, et al. Assessment of microbiological quality of indoor air at different hospital sites of Dilla University: a cross-sectional study. Environmental Health Insights. 2022; 16:11786302221100047. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302221100047
  27.  Kaso AW, Hailu A (2020) Cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia. https://doi.10.21203/rs.3.rs-46904/v1
  28. Abdene Kaso, Gebi Agero and Mesfin Tafa. Treatment outcome and its associated factors among tuberculosis patients under dots in west Arsi zone, Ethiopia: European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical sciences: 7(12), 2020
  29.  Sileshi Elias, Abdene Kaso, and Yabibal Gebeyehu. Bacterial meningitis treatment outcome and associated factors among children admitted to the pediatric ward, Dilla University Referral Hospital, Dilla, Ethiopia: European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical sciences: 8(5), 2021