A cost comparison of approaches to sexually transmitted disease treatment in Malawi

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Costello Daly, C ^a,b   Franco, L ^b,c   Chilongozi, D A T ^d   Dallabetta, G ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCUS MOLLE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031952471     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.1.87     Document Type: Article

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