A not quite as quick but much cleaner alternative to the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Cluster Survey design

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-203

  Turner, Anthony G ^a   Magnani, Robert J ^b   Shuaib, Muhammad ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cluster sampling; Modified EPI cluster survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0030025153     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.1.198     Document Type: Article

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