Using cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate targeting strategies: The case of vitamin A supplementation

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Loevinsohn, Benjamin P ^a   Sutter, Roland W ^b   Costales, Maria Otelia ^c  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION--COST; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DESIGN; PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; TARGET POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PHILIPPINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; VALUE OF LIFE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031055535     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/12.1.29     Document Type: Article

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