Economic evaluation of communicable disease interventions in developing countries: A critical review of the published literature

Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 681-698

  Walker, Damian ^a   Fox Rushby, Julia A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Cost; Developing countries; Economic evaluation; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034524648     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1050(200012)9:8<681::AID-HEC545>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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