Costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative tuberculosis management strategies in South Africa - Implications for policy

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-455

  Wilkinson, David ^a,b   Floyd, Katherine ^b   Gilks, Charles F ^b  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030908052     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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