Hospital costs of high-burden diseases: Malaria and pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence context in Zimbabwe

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-250

  Hongoro, Charles ^a   McPake, Barbara ^a  

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

Author keywords

Costs; Efficiency; Hospitals; Tracer analysis

Indexed keywords

COST; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037354002     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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