Paying to waste lives: The affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 405-421

  Skordis, Jolene ^a   Nattrass, Nicoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Mother to child transmission (MTCT)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIDOVUDINE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036212780     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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