Costs, effects and cost-effectiveness analysis of a mobile maternal health care service in West Kiang, The Gambia

Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-143

  Fox Rushby, Julia A ^a   Foord, Frances ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Effectiveness; Maternal health; Mobile health services; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GAMBIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE;

EID: 0030039232     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(95)00774-1     Document Type: Article

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