Feasibility of hospital-based blood banking: A Tanzanian case study

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 354-362

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Mercer, Alec ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; SAFETY; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SUPPLY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; TANZANIA; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032708923     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/14.4.354     Document Type: Article

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